CVE-2017-3188 describes a path traversal vulnerability in the dotCMS administration panel, specifically affecting versions 3.7.1 and earlier of the "Push Publishing" feature in Enterprise Pro. Attackers can upload specially crafted tar.gz archives, which, upon decompression, write files to arbitrary directories due to improper filename checks. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity to achieve high integrity impact, potentially leading to arbitrary system command execution. While no public exploit code or active exploitation is reported, and community discussion is minimal, the vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to perform actions with administrator privileges or execute commands with the dotCMS application's permissions.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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