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CVE-2017-5344

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-02-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

An issue was discovered in dotCMS through 3.6.1. The findChildrenByFilter() function which is called by the web accessible path /categoriesServlet performs string interpolation and direct SQL query execution. SQL quote escaping and a keyword blacklist were implemented in a new class, SQLUtil (main/java/com/dotmarketing/common/util/SQLUtil.java), as part of the remediation of CVE-2016-8902; however, these can be overcome in the case of the q and inode parameters to the /categoriesServlet path. Overcoming these controls permits a number of blind boolean SQL injection vectors in either parameter. The /categoriesServlet web path can be accessed remotely and without authentication in a default dotCMS deployment.

Affected products

• dotCMS core: through 3.6.1

References

• http://dotcms.com/security/SI-39
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/34
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96259
• https://github.com/xdrr/webapp-exploits/blob/master/vendors/dotcms/2017.01.blind-sqli/dotcms-dump.sh
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41377/
• http://dotcms.com/security/SI-39
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/34
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96259
• https://github.com/xdrr/webapp-exploits/blob/master/vendors/dotcms/2017.01.blind-sqli/dotcms-dump.sh
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41377/

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