CVE-2024-3938

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-07-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The "reset password" login page accepted an HTML injection via URL parameters. This has already been rectified via patch, and as such it cannot be demonstrated via Demo site link. Those interested to see the vulnerability may spin up a http://localhost:8082/dotAdmin/#/public/login?resetEmailSent=true&resetEmail=%3Ch1%3E%3Ca%20href%3D%22https:%2F%2Fgoogle.com%22%3ECLICK%20ME%3C%2Fa%3E%3C%2Fh1%3E This will result in a view along these lines: * OWASP Top 10 - A03: Injection * CVSS Score: 5.4 * AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln-metrics/cvss/v3-calculator * https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln-metrics/cvss/v3-calculator?vector=AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N&... https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln-metrics/cvss/v3-calculator

Affected products

dotCMS core: from 5.1.5 before 23.01.18; from 23.02 through 23.09.7; from 23.12.21 through 24.04.23; from 24.05.13 before 24.05.31; 23.10.24-1, 23.10.24-10, 23.10.24-2, 23.10.24-3, 23.10.24-4, 23.10.24-5 (+10) — fixed in 23.01.18, 24.05.31

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: dotCMS core 23.01.18, 24.05.31. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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