CVE-2020-6754
dotCMS before 5.2.4 is vulnerable to directory traversal, leading to incorrect access control.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 94.8%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
dotCMS before 5.2.4 is vulnerable to directory traversal, leading to incorrect access control. It allows an attacker to read or execute files under $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/ROOT/assets (which should be a protected directory). Additionally, attackers can upload temporary files (e.g., .jsp files) into /webapps/ROOT/assets/tmp_upload, which can lead to remote command execution (with the permissions of the user running the dotCMS application).
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 94.80% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22, CWE-434
- Affected
- dotcms/dotcms
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 94.8% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://dotcms.com/security/SI-54Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/17796Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://dotcms.com/security/SI-54Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/17796Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.