High severity · published Jul 20, 2017
CVE-2017-11466
Arbitrary file upload vulnerability in com/dotmarketing/servlets/AjaxFileUploadServlet.class in dotCMS 4.1.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to upload .jsp files to…
7.2
CVSS
7.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Arbitrary file upload vulnerability in com/dotmarketing/servlets/AjaxFileUploadServlet.class in dotCMS 4.1.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to upload .jsp files to arbitrary locations via directory traversal sequences in the fieldName parameter to servlets/ajax_file_upload. This results in arbitrary code execution by requesting the .jsp file at a /assets URI.
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)7.7% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DO
Dotcms · Dotcms
4.1.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11466
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11466
Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/33
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/12131
Exploit
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143383/dotcms411-shell.txt
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