Vulnerability · Published May 27, 2026 · Assigned by dotCMS

CVE-2026-8054Unauthenticated SQL Injection in dotCMS Publish Audit API

Critical 10.0

In plain English

A critical-severity SQL injection 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 1.6% (higher than 76% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei, public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 4.0)10.0Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)1.6%top 24.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack tooling2Nuclei, Public PoC

Official description

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') in the Publish Audit API endpoints (/api/auditPublishing/get and /api/auditPublishing/getAll) in dotCMS Core 25.11.04-1 through 26.04.28-02 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to read, modify, or destroy arbitrary database content. The endpoints did not enforce authentication and accepted unsanitized input used in dynamically constructed SQL. The fix in dotCMS Core 26.04.28-03 requires an authenticated backend user with the publishing-queue portlet permission. LTS releases are not affected as the vulnerable code path was never backported.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
dotCMS	dotCMS Core	25.11.04-1 – through 26.04.28-02

Weakness: CWE-89 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

References

dotCMS Known Security Issues — SI-75 vendor-advisory
dotCMS/core#35553 — Fix SQL injection in Publish Audit API patch