Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-17542 · published 23 April 2021

CVE-2020-17542: Dotcms cross-site scripting vulnerability

Dotcms · Dotcms

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in dotCMS v5.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting a malicious payload into the "Task Detail" comment window of the "/dotAdmin/#/c/workflow" component.

5.4 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.84% · top 43.9% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting

5.4CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 3.5

0.84%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

2References, 2 tagged exploit

17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Dotcms Dotcms

References

Link	Tags
https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/16890	ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/16890	ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-17542), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.