Medium severity · published Apr 18, 2016
CVE-2016-3971
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in lucene_search.jsp in dotCMS before 3.5.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query parameter to…
4.8
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in lucene_search.jsp in dotCMS before 3.5.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query parameter to c/portal/layout.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DO
Dotcms · Dotcms
through 3.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3971
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3971
Vendor Advisory
http://dotcms.com/security/SI-33
Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Apr/37
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