CVE-2022-35740
Published on: Not Yet Published
Last Modified on: 11/15/2022 08:35:00 PM UTC
Certain versions of Dotcms from Dotcms contain the following vulnerability:
dotCMS before 22.06 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access control and obtain sensitive information by using a semicolon in a URL to introduce a matrix parameter. (This is also fixed in 5.3.8.12, 21.06.9, and 22.03.2 for LTS users.) Some Java application frameworks, including those used by Spring or Tomcat, allow the use of matrix parameters: these are URI parameters separated by semicolons. Through precise semicolon placement in a URI, it is possible to exploit this feature to avoid dotCMS's path-based XSS prevention (such as "require login" filters), and consequently access restricted resources. For example, an attacker could place a semicolon immediately before a / character that separates elements of a filesystem path. This could reveal file content that is ordinarily only visible to signed-in users. This issue can be chained with other exploit code to achieve XSS attacks against dotCMS.
- CVE-2022-35740 has been assigned by
[email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as MEDIUM severity.
CVSS3 Score: 6.1 - MEDIUM
| Attack Vector ⓘ |
Attack Complexity |
Privileges Required |
User Interaction |
|---|---|---|---|
| NETWORK | LOW | NONE | REQUIRED |
| Scope | Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
| CHANGED | LOW | LOW | NONE |
CVE References
| Description | Tags ⓘ | Link |
|---|---|---|
| patches-hotfixes/com.dotcms.security.matrixparams at master · dotCMS/patches-hotfixes · GitHub | github.com text/html |
MISC github.com/dotCMS/patches-hotfixes/tree/master/com.dotcms.security.matrixparams |
| Matrix URI parameters can expose private assets | dotCMS | www.dotcms.com text/html |
MISC www.dotcms.com/security/SI-63 |
Related QID Numbers
- 150580 dotCMS Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability (CVE-2022-35740)
Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Dotcms | Dotcms | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Dotcms | Dotcms | All | All | All | All |
- cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*:
Social Mentions
| Source | Title | Posted (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
 @CVEreport |
CVE-2022-35740 : dotCMS before 22.06 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access control and obtain sensitive… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… | 2022-11-10 21:06:25 |
 /r/netcve |
CVE-2022-35740 | 2022-11-10 22:38:31 |