CVE-2017-3188
MEDIUMdotcms < 3.7.1 - Unauthenticated Path Traversal and Arbitrary File Write via Push Publishing Bundle Archive
Title source: llmDescription
The dotCMS administration panel, versions 3.7.1 and earlier, "Push Publishing" feature in Enterprise Pro is vulnerable to path traversal. When "Bundle" tar.gz archives uploaded to the Push Publishing feature are decompressed, the filenames of its contents are not properly checked, allowing for writing files to arbitrary directories on the file system. These archives may be uploaded directly via the administrator panel, or using the CSRF vulnerability (CVE-2017-3187). An unauthenticated remote attacker may perform actions with the dotCMS administrator panel with the same permissions of a victim user or execute arbitrary system commands with the permissions of the user running the dotCMS application.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory
https://doc.dotcms.com/security/SI-41
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert-vn
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/168699
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96616
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0279
EPSS Percentile
84.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-22
Status
published
Products (1)
dotcms/dotcms
< 3.7.1
Published
Jul 24, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026