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CVE-2019-12309

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 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: none known
• Published: 2019-05-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

dotCMS before 5.1.0 has a path traversal vulnerability exploitable by an administrator to create files. The vulnerability is caused by the insecure extraction of a ZIP archive.

Affected products

• dotCMS core: before 5.1.0 — fixed in 5.1.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: dotCMS core 5.1.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://dotcms.com/security/SI-48
• https://github.com/dotCMS/core/compare/605e5db...364c910
• https://dotcms.com/security/SI-48
• https://github.com/dotCMS/core/compare/605e5db...364c910

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