Vulnerability · Published Apr 1, 2024 · Assigned by dotCMS

CVE-2024-3165Database Credential Exposure in the Logs

Medium 4.5

In plain English

A medium-severity sensitive data in logs in dotCMS core from dotCMS. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 43% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 57.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

System->Maintenance-> Log Files in dotCMS dashboard is providing the username/password for database connections in the log output. Nevertheless, this is a moderate issue as it requires a backend admin as well as that dbs are locked down by environment.   OWASP Top 10 - A05) Insecure Design OWASP Top 10 - A05) Security Misconfiguration OWASP Top 10 - A09) Security Logging and Monitoring Failure

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
dotCMS dotCMS core 22.02 and after

Weakness: CWE-532 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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