CVE-2017-11466

high

Description

Arbitrary file upload vulnerability in com/dotmarketing/servlets/AjaxFileUploadServlet.class in dotCMS 4.1.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to upload .jsp files to arbitrary locations via directory traversal sequences in the fieldName parameter to servlets/ajax_file_upload. This results in arbitrary code execution by requesting the .jsp file at a /assets URI.

References

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143383/dotcms411-shell.txt

https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/12131

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-3087

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/33

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-07-20

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.2

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.07695