CVE-2017-5344
The findChildrenByFilter() function which is called by the web accessible path /categoriesServlet performs string interpolation and direct SQL query execution.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in dotCMS through 3.6.1. The findChildrenByFilter() function which is called by the web accessible path /categoriesServlet performs string interpolation and direct SQL query execution. SQL quote escaping and a keyword blacklist were implemented in a new class, SQLUtil (main/java/com/dotmarketing/common/util/SQLUtil.java), as part of the remediation of CVE-2016-8902; however, these can be overcome in the case of the q and inode parameters to the /categoriesServlet path. Overcoming these controls permits a number of blind boolean SQL injection vectors in either parameter. The /categoriesServlet web path can be accessed remotely and without authentication in a default dotCMS deployment.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 6.30% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Affected
- dotcms/dotcms
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://dotcms.com/security/SI-39Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/34Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96259
- https://github.com/xdrr/webapp-exploits/blob/master/vendors/dotcms/2017.01.blind-sqli/dotcms-dump.shExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41377/
- http://dotcms.com/security/SI-39Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/34Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96259
- https://github.com/xdrr/webapp-exploits/blob/master/vendors/dotcms/2017.01.blind-sqli/dotcms-dump.shExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41377/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.