Vulnerability · Published Aug 18, 2021 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-18875

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.0% (higher than 81% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)2.0%top 19.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Incorrect Access Control in DotCMS versions before 5.1 allows remote attackers to gain privileges by injecting client configurations via vtl (velocity) files.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/284.html x_refsource_MISC
https://dotcms.com/security/SI-51 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/15882 x_refsource_MISC