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Fencer Intel
medium 6.1

CVE-2018-17422 json

dotCMS before 5.0.2 has open redirects via the html/common/forward_js.jsp FORWARD_URL parameter or the html/portlet/ext/common/page_preview…

published 2019-03-07 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-9175

cvss
6.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.7%
EPSS 3.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

dotCMS before 5.0.2 has open redirects via the html/common/forward_js.jsp FORWARD_URL parameter or the html/portlet/ext/common/page_preview_popup.jsp hostname parameter.

Patch / fix

  • dotcms dotcms 5.0.2

Exploit prediction

3.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Nuclei template DotCMS < 5.0.2 - Open Redirect nuclei detection template
  • github.com https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/15286 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-601 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site

References

Sources

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