Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU39734

Cross-site scripting in dotCMS - CVE-2017-5876

Published: February 6, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU39734

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5876

CWE-ID: CWE-79

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: dotCMS LLC

Affected software:
dotCMS

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

XSS was discovered in dotCMS 3.7.0, with an unauthenticated attack against the /news-events/events date parameter.

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