01 Record
CVE-2020-18875
Incorrect Access Control in DotCMS versions before 5.1 allows remote attackers to gain privileges by injecting client configurations via vtl (velocity) files.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Incorrect Access Control in DotCMS versions before 5.1 allows remote attackers to gain privileges by injecting client configurations via vtl (velocity) files.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.98% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 80.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-08-18 16:55Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 14:08Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-08-13
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')Class
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 02c255ec9479f4b23f231f25afe5ed2082250aeb84b0687e42a6a8daca150739
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- cwe.mitre.orghttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/284.html
- dotcms.comhttps://dotcms.com/security/SI-51
- github.comhttps://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/15882