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CVE-2017-11466

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-07-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-434

Description

Arbitrary file upload vulnerability in com/dotmarketing/servlets/AjaxFileUploadServlet.class in dotCMS 4.1.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to upload .jsp files to arbitrary locations via directory traversal sequences in the fieldName parameter to servlets/ajax_file_upload. This results in arbitrary code execution by requesting the .jsp file at a /assets URI.

Affected products

• dotCMS core: 4.1.1

References

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/33
• https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/12131
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143383/dotcms411-shell.txt
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/33
• https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/12131
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143383/dotcms411-shell.txt

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