High severity · published Apr 19, 2016
CVE-2016-4040
SQL injection vulnerability in the Workflow Screen in dotCMS before 3.3.2 allows remote administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the orderby parameter
7.2
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
SQL injection vulnerability in the Workflow Screen in dotCMS before 3.3.2 allows remote administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the orderby parameter.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 71% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DO
Dotcms · Dotcms
through 3.3.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4040
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4040
Vendor Advisory
http://dotcms.com/security/SI-36
github.com
https://github.com/dotCMS/core/commit/bc4db5d71dc67015572f8e4c6fdf87e29b854d02
github.com
https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/8840
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