CVE-2020-6754: dotCMS before 5.2.4 is vulnerable to directory traversal, leading to incorrect access control. It allows an attacker to read or execute files under…

PriorityP275critical9.8CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

94.80%

99.8th percentile

dotCMS before 5.2.4 is vulnerable to directory traversal, leading to incorrect access control. It allows an attacker to read or execute files under $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/ROOT/assets (which should be a protected directory). Additionally, attackers can upload temporary files (e.g., .jsp files) into /webapps/ROOT/assets/tmp_upload, which can lead to remote command execution (with the permissions of the user running the dotCMS application).

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
dotcms	dotcms	< 5.2.4	5.2.4

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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Suricata

ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Ixprim SQL Injection Attempt -- ixm_ixpnews.php story_id ASCII

suricata·2010-07-30·CVSS 6.5

CVE-2006-6754 [MEDIUM] ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Ixprim SQL Injection Attempt -- ixm_ixpnews.php story_id ASCII ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Ixprim SQL Injection Attempt -- ixm_ixpnews.php story_id ASCII Rule: alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HTTP_SERVERS any (msg:"ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Ixprim SQL Injection Attempt -- ixm_ixpnews.php story_id ASCII"; flow:established,to_server; http.uri; content:"/ixm_ixpnews.php?"; nocase; content:"story_id="; nocase; content:"ASCII("; nocase; content:"SELECT"; nocase; distance:0; reference:cve,CVE-2006-6754; reference:url,www.securityfocus.com/bid/21710; classtype:web-application-attack; sid:2006211; rev:9; metadata:affected_product Web_Server_Applications, attack_target Web_Server, created_at 2010_07_30, deployment Datacenter, confidence Medium, signature_severity Major, tag SQL_Injection, updated_at 2020_09_11, mitre_tactic_id TA0001, mitre_tactic_name Initial_Access, m

Suricata

ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Ixprim SQL Injection Attempt -- ixm_ixpnews.php story_id SELECT

suricata·2010-07-30·CVSS 6.5

CVE-2006-6754 [MEDIUM] ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Ixprim SQL Injection Attempt -- ixm_ixpnews.php story_id SELECT ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Ixprim SQL Injection Attempt -- ixm_ixpnews.php story_id SELECT Rule: alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HTTP_SERVERS any (msg:"ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Ixprim SQL Injection Attempt -- ixm_ixpnews.php story_id SELECT"; flow:established,to_server; http.uri; content:"/ixm_ixpnews.php?"; nocase; content:"story_id="; nocase; content:"SELECT"; nocase; content:"FROM"; nocase; distance:0; reference:cve,CVE-2006-6754; reference:url,www.securityfocus.com/bid/21710; classtype:web-application-attack; sid:2006207; rev:9; metadata:affected_product Web_Server_Applications, attack_target Web_Server, created_at 2010_07_30, deployment Datacenter, confidence Medium, signature_severity Major, tag SQL_Injection, updated_at 2020_09_11, mitre_tactic_id TA0001, mitre_tactic_name Initial_Access, m

Suricata

ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Ixprim SQL Injection Attempt -- ixm_ixpnews.php story_id UNION SELECT

suricata·2010-07-30·CVSS 6.5

CVE-2006-6754 [MEDIUM] ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Ixprim SQL Injection Attempt -- ixm_ixpnews.php story_id UNION SELECT ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Ixprim SQL Injection Attempt -- ixm_ixpnews.php story_id UNION SELECT Rule: alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HTTP_SERVERS any (msg:"ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Ixprim SQL Injection Attempt -- ixm_ixpnews.php story_id UNION SELECT"; flow:established,to_server; http.uri; content:"/ixm_ixpnews.php?"; nocase; content:"story_id="; nocase; content:"UNION"; nocase; content:"SELECT"; nocase; distance:0; reference:cve,CVE-2006-6754; reference:url,www.securityfocus.com/bid/21710; classtype:web-application-attack; sid:2006208; rev:9; metadata:affected_product Web_Server_Applications, attack_target Web_Server, created_at 2010_07_30, deployment Datacenter, confidence Medium, signature_severity Major, tag SQL_Injection, updated_at 2020_09_11, mitre_tactic_id TA0001, mitre_tactic_name Init

Suricata

ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Ixprim SQL Injection Attempt -- ixm_ixpnews.php story_id DELETE

suricata·2010-07-30·CVSS 6.5

CVE-2006-6754 [MEDIUM] ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Ixprim SQL Injection Attempt -- ixm_ixpnews.php story_id DELETE ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Ixprim SQL Injection Attempt -- ixm_ixpnews.php story_id DELETE Rule: alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HTTP_SERVERS any (msg:"ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Ixprim SQL Injection Attempt -- ixm_ixpnews.php story_id DELETE"; flow:established,to_server; http.uri; content:"/ixm_ixpnews.php?"; nocase; content:"story_id="; nocase; content:"DELETE"; nocase; content:"FROM"; nocase; distance:0; reference:cve,CVE-2006-6754; reference:url,www.securityfocus.com/bid/21710; classtype:web-application-attack; sid:2006210; rev:9; metadata:affected_product Web_Server_Applications, attack_target Web_Server, created_at 2010_07_30, deployment Datacenter, confidence Medium, signature_severity Major, tag SQL_Injection, updated_at 2020_09_11, mitre_tactic_id TA0001, mitre_tactic_name Initial_Access, m

Suricata

ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Ixprim SQL Injection Attempt -- ixm_ixpnews.php story_id UPDATE

suricata·2010-07-30·CVSS 6.5

CVE-2006-6754 [MEDIUM] ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Ixprim SQL Injection Attempt -- ixm_ixpnews.php story_id UPDATE ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Ixprim SQL Injection Attempt -- ixm_ixpnews.php story_id UPDATE Rule: alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HTTP_SERVERS any (msg:"ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Ixprim SQL Injection Attempt -- ixm_ixpnews.php story_id UPDATE"; flow:established,to_server; http.uri; content:"/ixm_ixpnews.php?"; nocase; content:"story_id="; nocase; content:"UPDATE"; nocase; content:"SET"; nocase; distance:0; reference:cve,CVE-2006-6754; reference:url,www.securityfocus.com/bid/21710; classtype:web-application-attack; sid:2006212; rev:9; metadata:affected_product Web_Server_Applications, attack_target Web_Server, created_at 2010_07_30, deployment Datacenter, confidence Medium, signature_severity Major, tag SQL_Injection, updated_at 2020_09_11, mitre_tactic_id TA0001, mitre_tactic_name Initial_Access, mi

Suricata

ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Ixprim SQL Injection Attempt -- ixm_ixpnews.php story_id INSERT

suricata·2010-07-30·CVSS 6.5

CVE-2006-6754 [MEDIUM] ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Ixprim SQL Injection Attempt -- ixm_ixpnews.php story_id INSERT ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Ixprim SQL Injection Attempt -- ixm_ixpnews.php story_id INSERT Rule: alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HTTP_SERVERS any (msg:"ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Ixprim SQL Injection Attempt -- ixm_ixpnews.php story_id INSERT"; flow:established,to_server; http.uri; content:"/ixm_ixpnews.php?"; nocase; content:"story_id="; nocase; content:"INSERT"; nocase; content:"INTO"; nocase; distance:0; reference:cve,CVE-2006-6754; reference:url,www.securityfocus.com/bid/21710; classtype:web-application-attack; sid:2006209; rev:9; metadata:affected_product Web_Server_Applications, attack_target Web_Server, created_at 2010_07_30, deployment Datacenter, confidence Medium, signature_severity Major, tag SQL_Injection, updated_at 2020_09_11, mitre_tactic_id TA0001, mitre_tactic_name Initial_Access, m