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high 7.2

CVE-2017-11466 json

Arbitrary file upload vulnerability in com/dotmarketing/servlets/AjaxFileUploadServlet.class in dotCMS 4.1.1 allows remote authenticated ad…

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-3087

cvss
7.2
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.7%
EPSS 7.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Arbitrary file upload vulnerability in com/dotmarketing/servlets/AjaxFileUploadServlet.class in dotCMS 4.1.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to upload .jsp files to arbitrary locations via directory traversal sequences in the fieldName parameter to servlets/ajax_file_upload. This results in arbitrary code execution by requesting the .jsp file at a /assets URI.

Patch / fix

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Exploit prediction

7.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/33 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143383/dotcms411-shell.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.2 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

Sources

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