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CVE-2016-3972

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.7 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2016-04-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the dotTailLogServlet in dotCMS before 3.5.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the fileName parameter.

Affected products

• dotCMS core: through 3.5

References

• http://dotcms.com/security/SI-34
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Apr/36
• http://dotcms.com/security/SI-34
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Apr/36

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