CVE-2020-27848

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2020-12-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

dotCMS before 20.10.1 allows SQL injection, as demonstrated by the /api/v1/containers orderby parameter. The PaginatorOrdered classes that are used to paginate results of a REST endpoints do not sanitize the orderBy parameter and in some cases it is vulnerable to SQL injection attacks. A user must be an authenticated manager in the dotCMS system to exploit this vulnerability.

Affected products

dotCMS core: before 20.10.1 — fixed in 20.10.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: dotCMS core 20.10.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/dotCMS/core/compare/v5.3.8.1...v20.10.1
https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/19500
https://github.com/dotCMS/core/compare/v5.3.8.1...v20.10.1
https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/19500

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