dotCMS before 5.1.0 has a path traversal vulnerability exploitable by an administrator to create files.

published 2019-05-23 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-3946

cvss: 4.9; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.3%; EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
public exploits: 0; none known

dotCMS before 5.1.0 has a path traversal vulnerability exploitable by an administrator to create files. The vulnerability is caused by the insecure extraction of a ZIP archive.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 2

dotcms dotcms 5.1.0

dotcms.com/security/SI-48 advisory
github.com/dotCMS/core/compare/605e5db...364c910 advisory

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Exploit prediction

1.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	4.9	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

dotcms.com /security/SI-48
patch, vendor-advisory
github.com /dotCMS/core/compare/605e5db...364c910
patch, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-12309
NVD CVE-2019-12309

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