QID 150741

Date Published: 2023-11-14

QID 150741: dotCMS Broken Access Control Vulnerability (CVE-2023-3042)

dotCMS is an open source content management system written in Java for managing content and content driven sites and applications.

In dotCMS, a flaw in the NormalizationFilter does not strip double slashes (//) from URLs potentially enabling bypasses for XSS and access controls.

Affected versions:
dotCMS versions from 5.3.8, 21.06, 22.03 and 23.01

QID Detection Logic (Unauthenticated):
This QID performs a HTTP GET request to the "/api/v1/appconfiguration" endpoint and examines the response body to determine if the host is running a vulnerable version of the dotCMS Server.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability can allow an attacker to trigger a XSS and access controls.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 6.1 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as High - 6.4 severity.

Solution

Customers are recommended to upgrade to the latest version of dotCMS to remediate this vulnerability. For further details regarding this issue, please refer to SI-68.

Vendor References

SI-68 - www.dotcms.com/security/SI-68

CVEs related to QID 150741

CVE-2023-3042 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
SI-68			www.dotcms.com/security/SI-68

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