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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in dotCMS 3.7.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /news-events/events. The manipulation of the argument Date leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-5876. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in dotCMS 3.7.0 (Content Management System). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the file /news-events/events. The manipulation of the argument date with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

XSS was discovered in dotCMS 3.7.0, with an unauthenticated attack against the /news-events/events date parameter.

The bug was discovered 07/13/2016. The weakness was shared 02/06/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-5876 since 02/02/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 208 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 96115†). The entries VDB-96568 and VDB-96570 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

• Content Management System

Name

• dotCMS

Version

• 3.7.0

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 6.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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OpenVAS ID: 103306
OpenVAS Name: dotCMS Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/13/2016 🔍
02/02/2017 +204 days 🔍
02/06/2017 +4 days 🔍
02/06/2017 +0 days 🔍
02/06/2017 +0 days 🔍
02/06/2017 +0 days 🔍
11/11/2022 +2104 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 10643⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-5876 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-5876
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-96569
SecurityFocus: 96115 - dotCMS Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-5876 - dotCMS - Cross-Site Scripting Issue

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/06/2017 19:26
Updated: 11/11/2022 18:48
Changes: 02/06/2017 19:26 (63), 08/11/2020 10:21 (5), 11/11/2022 18:48 (2)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216:994:103

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