CVE-2020-27848
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 30, 2020 at 06:24 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:09 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendordotCMS
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
dotCMS before 20.10.1 allows SQL injection, as demonstrated by the /api/v1/containers orderby parameter. The PaginatorOrdered classes that are used to paginate results of a REST endpoints do not sanitize the orderBy parameter and in some cases it is vulnerable to SQL injection attacks. A user must be an authenticated manager in the dotCMS system to exploit this vulnerability.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/dotCMS/core/compare/v5.3.8.1...v20.10.1x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/19500CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-89
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