dotCMS Administration Panel up to 3.7.1 cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in dotCMS Administration Panel up to 3.7.1. It has been declared as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2017-3187. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in dotCMS Administration Panel up to 3.7.1 (Content Management System). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

The dotCMS administration panel, versions 3.7.1 and earlier, are vulnerable to cross-site request forgery. The dotCMS administrator panel contains a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability. An attacker can perform actions with the same permissions as a victim user, provided the victim has an active session and is induced to trigger the malicious request. An unauthenticated remote attacker may perform actions with the dotCMS administrator panel with the same permissions of a victim user or execute arbitrary system commands with the permissions of the user running the dotCMS application.

The bug was discovered 03/06/2017. The weakness was presented 07/24/2018 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-3187 since 12/04/2016. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 505 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 96616†). See VDB-122129 and VDB-122130 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Type

Content Management System

Name

dotCMS Administration Panel

Version

License

open-source

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CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

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Timelineinfo

12/04/2016 🔍
03/06/2017 +91 days 🔍
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12/27/2024 +2348 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2017-3187 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-3187
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-122128
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SecurityFocus: 96616 - dotCMS VU#168699 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/24/2018 18:55
Updated: 12/27/2024 18:52
Changes: 07/24/2018 18:55 (59), 03/09/2020 20:14 (3), 12/27/2024 18:52 (16)
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