Vulnerability Details 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 $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).
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.828
EPSS Ranking 99.2%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 9.8
CVSS v2 Score 7.5
Products affected by CVE-2020-6754
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:1.9
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:1.9.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:1.9.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:2.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:2.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:2.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:2.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:2.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:2.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:2.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:2.5.3
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:2.5.4
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:3.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:3.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:3.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:3.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:3.2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:3.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:3.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:3.5
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:3.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:3.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:3.6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:3.6.2
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:3.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:3.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:3.7.2
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:4.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:4.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:4.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:4.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:4.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:4.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:4.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:4.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:4.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:4.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:4.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:4.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:4.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:5.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:5.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:5.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:5.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:5.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:5.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:5.1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:5.1.6
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:5.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:5.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:5.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:5.2.3