CVE-2016-4040 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2016-04-19

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: 1.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-5046	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01327.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://dotcms.com/security/SI-36
https://github.com/dotCMS/core/commit/bc4db5d71dc67015572f8e4c6fdf87e29b854d02
https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/8840

History

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Subscriptions

Dotcms Dotcms

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-04-19T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T16:33:58.771Z

Reserved: 2016-04-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-4040

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-04-19T14:59:03.953

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:46:46.520

Link: CVE-2016-4040

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-89
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

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