Medium severity · published May 23, 2019
CVE-2019-12309
dotCMS before 5.1.0 has a path traversal vulnerability exploitable by an administrator to create files
4.9
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
dotCMS before 5.1.0 has a path traversal vulnerability exploitable by an administrator to create files. The vulnerability is caused by the insecure extraction of a ZIP archive.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 69% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DO
Dotcms · Dotcms
before 5.1.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12309
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-12309
Patch
https://dotcms.com/security/SI-48
Patch
https://github.com/dotCMS/core/compare/605e5db...364c910
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