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Summary
A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in dotCMS 22.02. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Maintenance Portlet. Executing a manipulation can lead to file access. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2024-3164. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.
Details
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in dotCMS 22.02. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component Maintenance Portlet. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a file access vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-552. The product makes files or directories accessible to unauthorized actors, even though they should not be. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:
In dotCMS dashboard, the Tools and Log Files tabs under System → Maintenance Portlet, which is and always has been an Admin portlet, is accessible to anyone with that portlet and not just to CMS Admins. Users that get site admin but not a system admin, should not have access to the System Maintenance → Tools portlet. This would share database username and password under Log Files and download DB Dump and other dotCMS Content under Tools. Nothing in the System → Maintenance should be displayed for users with site admin role. Only system admins must have access to System Maintenance. OWASP Top 10 - A01) Broken Access Control OWASP Top 10 - A04) Insecure Design
The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-3164 since 04/01/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1083.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.
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Product
Type
Name
Version
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB Vector: 🔍VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.4
VulDB Base Score: 2.4
VulDB Temp Score: 2.3
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CNA Base Score: 4.5
CNA Vector (dotCMS LLC): 🔍
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: File accessCWE: CWE-552 / CWE-425
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ATT&CK: 🔍
Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: PatchStatus: 🔍
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Patch: github.com
Timeline
04/01/2024 🔍04/02/2024 🔍
04/02/2024 🔍
04/09/2025 🔍
Sources
Advisory: 27909Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2024-3164 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-3164
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-258940
Entry
Created: 04/02/2024 08:07Updated: 04/09/2025 11:45
Changes: 04/02/2024 08:07 (65), 07/26/2024 00:09 (1), 04/09/2025 11:45 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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