CVE-2016-8902

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2016-11-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the categoriesServlet servlet in dotCMS before 3.3.1 allows remote not authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the sort parameter.

Affected products

dotCMS core: through 3.3

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/0
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94311
https://github.com/dotCMS/core/pull/8460/
https://github.com/dotCMS/core/pull/8468/
https://security.elarlang.eu/multiple-sql-injection-vulnerabilities-in-dotcms-8x-cve-full-disclosure.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/0
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94311
https://github.com/dotCMS/core/pull/8460/
https://github.com/dotCMS/core/pull/8468/
https://security.elarlang.eu/multiple-sql-injection-vulnerabilities-in-dotcms-8x-cve-full-disclosure.html

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