CVE-2017-5877 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

XSS was discovered in dotCMS 3.7.0, with an unauthenticated attack against the /about-us/locations/index direction parameter.

Published: 2017-02-06

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very 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:3.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2017-14952	XSS was discovered in dotCMS 3.7.0, with an unauthenticated attack against the /about-us/locations/index direction parameter.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00922.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96115
https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/10643

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Dotcms Dotcms

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-02-06T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:11:48.816Z

Reserved: 2017-02-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-5877

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-06T15:59:00.247

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:21:22.280

Link: CVE-2017-5877

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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