{"id":"CVE-2020-6754","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-6754","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T02:21:49.299Z","title":"dotCMS before 5.2.4 is vulnerable to directory traversal, leading to incorrect access control.","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).","published":"2020-02-05T17:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:23:46.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-22","CWE-434"],"affected":["dotcms/dotcms"],"epss":{"score":0.948,"percentile":0.9986,"date":"2026-11-03","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://dotcms.com/security/SI-54","tags":["Exploit","Mitigation","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/17796","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://dotcms.com/security/SI-54","tags":["Exploit","Mitigation","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/17796","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6754","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}