Vulnerability record · CVE-2017-5344 · published 17 February 2017
CVE-2017-5344: Dotcms sql injection vulnerability
Dotcms · Dotcms
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.
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/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://dotcms.com/security/SI-39 | Vendor Advisory |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/34 | ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96259 | |
| https://github.com/xdrr/webapp-exploits/blob/master/vendors/dotcms/2017.01.blind-sqli/dotcms-dump.sh | ExploitThird Party Advisory |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41377/ | |
| http://dotcms.com/security/SI-39 | Vendor Advisory |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/34 | ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96259 | |
| https://github.com/xdrr/webapp-exploits/blob/master/vendors/dotcms/2017.01.blind-sqli/dotcms-dump.sh | ExploitThird Party Advisory |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41377/ |
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Related vulnerabilities
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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2017-5344), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.
