CVE-2016-3971

CVSS V2 Low 3.5 CVSS V3 Medium 4.8

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in lucene_search.jsp in dotCMS before 3.5.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query parameter to c/portal/layout.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2016-3971

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2016-04-18T15:59:03

Last Modified Date
2016-12-16T02:59:06

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-79	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms::::::::	1	OR		3.5

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
3.5

Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
6.8

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
HIGH

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
LOW

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
4.8

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
1.7

Impact Score
2.7

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://dotcms.com/security/SI-33	Vendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Apr/37	Exploit

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3971
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3971

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 09:57:07				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 09:03:36	2016-04-18T15:59Z	2016-04-18T15:59:03	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 09:03:36		2016-12-16T02:59:06	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 09:03:36		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated