Dotcms vulnerabilities

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Bars are flaws published each year; the red part is the share attackers have used.

Exploited Dotcms flaws

These are on CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list, newest first. If you run any of these products, these come before everything else.

• CVE-2022-26352 dotCMS Unrestricted Upload of FileExploited since Aug 25, 2022 · ransomware · CVSS 9.8

Latest high and critical flaws

• CVE-2026-16337 Improper authorization in the ToolGroupResource and RoleAjax REST/DWR endpoints in dotCMS dotCMS 21.02 through 26.06.22-03 on all platforms allows a low-privileCritical 9.4 · Jul 20, 2026
• CVE-2026-8054 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') in the Publish Audit API endpoints (/api/auditPublishing/get and /api/auditCritical 10 · May 27, 2026
• CVE-2025-11165 A sandbox escape vulnerability exists in dotCMS’s Velocity scripting engine (VTools) that allows authenticated users with scripting privileges to bypass class aCritical 9.4 · Feb 24, 2026
• CVE-2025-8311 dotCMS versions 24.03.22 and after, identified a Boolean-based blind SQLi vulnerability in the /api/v1/contenttype endpoint.Critical 9.4 · Sep 4, 2025
• CVE-2024-4447 In the System → Maintenance tool, the Logged Users tab surfaces sessionId data for all users via the Direct Web Remoting API (UserSessionAjax.getSessionList.dwrCritical 9.9 · Jul 25, 2024
• CVE-2022-45782 An issue was discovered in dotCMS core 5.3.8.5 through 5.3.8.15 and 21.03 through 22.10.1.High 8.8 · Feb 1, 2023
• CVE-2022-26352 dotCMS Unrestricted Upload of FileExploited · Critical 9.8 · Jul 17, 2022
• CVE-2020-19138 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in DotCMS v5.2.3 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the component "/src/main/java/Critical 9.8 · Sep 8, 2021
• CVE-2020-18875 Incorrect Access Control in DotCMS versions before 5.1 allows remote attackers to gain privileges by injecting client configurations via vtl (velocity) files.High 8.8 · Aug 18, 2021
• CVE-2020-27848 dotCMS before 20.10.1 allows SQL injection, as demonstrated by the /api/v1/containers orderby parameter.High 8.8 · Dec 30, 2020
• CVE-2020-6754 dotCMS before 5.2.4 is vulnerable to directory traversal, leading to incorrect access control.Critical 9.8 · Feb 5, 2020
• CVE-2019-12872 dotCMS before 5.1.6 is vulnerable to a SQL injection that can be exploited by an attacker of the role Publisher via view_unpushed_bundles.jsp.High 7.2 · Jun 18, 2019
• CVE-2016-10008 SQL injection vulnerability in the "Content Types > Content Types" screen in dotCMS before 3.7.2 and 4.x before 4.1.1 allows remote authenticated administratorsHigh 7.2 · Feb 19, 2018
• CVE-2016-10007 SQL injection vulnerability in the "Marketing > Forms" screen in dotCMS before 3.7.2 and 4.x before 4.1.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute High 7.2 · Feb 19, 2018
• CVE-2017-11466 Arbitrary file upload vulnerability in com/dotmarketing/servlets/AjaxFileUploadServlet.class in dotCMS 4.1.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to uploaHigh 7.2 · Jul 19, 2017
• CVE-2017-5344 An issue was discovered in dotCMS through 3.6.1.Critical 9.8 · Feb 17, 2017
• CVE-2016-2355 SQL injection vulnerability in the REST API in dotCMS before 3.3.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the stName parameter to api/conCritical 9.8 · Dec 19, 2016
• CVE-2016-8908 SQL injection vulnerability in the "Site Browser > HTML pages" screen in dotCMS before 3.3.1 allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commHigh 8.8 · Nov 14, 2016
• CVE-2016-8907 SQL injection vulnerability in the "Content Types > Content Types" screen in dotCMS before 3.3.1 allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL High 8.8 · Nov 14, 2016
• CVE-2016-8906 SQL injection vulnerability in the "Site Browser > Links pages" screen in dotCMS before 3.3.1 allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL comHigh 8.8 · Nov 14, 2016
• CVE-2016-8905 SQL injection vulnerability in the JSONTags servlet in dotCMS before 3.3.1 allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the sort High 8.8 · Nov 14, 2016
• CVE-2016-8904 SQL injection vulnerability in the "Site Browser > Containers pages" screen in dotCMS before 3.3.1 allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQHigh 8.8 · Nov 14, 2016
• CVE-2016-8903 SQL injection vulnerability in the "Site Browser > Templates pages" screen in dotCMS before 3.3.1 allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQLHigh 8.8 · Nov 14, 2016
• CVE-2016-8902 SQL injection vulnerability in the categoriesServlet servlet in dotCMS before 3.3.1 allows remote not authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands Critical 9.8 · Nov 14, 2016
• CVE-2016-8600 In dotCMS 3.2.1, attacker can load captcha once, fill it with correct value and then this correct value is ok for forms with captcha check later.High 7.5 · Oct 28, 2016