CVE-2012-1826

Summary

CVECVE-2012-1826
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercertcc
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-06-08 16:55:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptiondotCMS 1.9 before 1.9.5.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary Java code via a crafted (1) XSLT or (2) Velocity template.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Dotcms Dotcms 1.9 All All All
Application Dotcms Dotcms 1.9.2.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VU#898083 - dotCMS template permissions allow arbitrary code execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
XSLT Tool Patch · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gist.github.com
Security Advisory SA49276 - dotCMS Template Processing Code Execution Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
dotCMS CVE-2012-1826 Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Fix XSLT Scripting Exploit · Issue #261 · dotCMS/core · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
osvdb.org/82240 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Make the default uberspector of of Velocity use the Secure One · Issue #281 · dotCMS/core · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Changelog - Java Enterprise Web CMS Content Management System af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dotcms.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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