CVE-2016-10007

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-02-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the "Marketing > Forms" screen in dotCMS before 3.7.2 and 4.x before 4.1.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the _EXT_FORM_HANDLER_orderBy parameter.

Affected products

dotCMS core: before 3.7.2; from 4.0.0 before 4.1.1 — fixed in 3.7.2, 4.1.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: dotCMS core 3.7.2, 4.1.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://security.elarlang.eu/cve-2016-10007-and-cve-2016-10008-2-sql-injection-vulnerabilities-in-dotcms-blacklist-defence-bypass.html
https://security.elarlang.eu/cve-2016-10007-and-cve-2016-10008-2-sql-injection-vulnerabilities-in-dotcms-blacklist-defence-bypass.html

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