CVE-2016-8902

critical

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the categoriesServlet servlet in dotCMS before 3.3.1 allows remote not authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the sort parameter.

References

https://github.com/dotCMS/core/pull/8468/

https://github.com/dotCMS/core/pull/8460/

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94311

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/0

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-11-14

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01437