Name: CVE-2016-3972: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2016-04-18T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-3972, CWE-22, CVSS 2.7, EPSS 0.01468

Directory traversal vulnerability in the dotTailLogServlet in dotCMS before 3.5.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the fileName parameter.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 2.7
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

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