CVE-2016-3972

N/A

Published: April 18, 2016 at 03:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:46 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendordotCMS

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 1%

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the dotTailLogServlet in dotCMS before 3.5.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the fileName parameter.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

dotCMS · Dotcms

95%

v ≤ 3.5

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

http://dotcms.com/security/SI-34

References (2)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://dotcms.com/security/SI-34

Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit

Source: [email protected]

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Apr/36

CVSS

4MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: NONE
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-22

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