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CVE-2022-35740

Published: Nov 10, 2022Updated: May 1, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-79
6.1MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.2%
Top 36.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Workaround Only

Description

dotCMS before 22.06 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access control and obtain sensitive information by using a semicolon in a URL to introduce a matrix parameter. (This is also fixed in 5.3.8.12, 21.06.9, and 22.03.2 for LTS users.) Some Java application frameworks, including those used by Spring or Tomcat, allow the use of matrix parameters: these are URI parameters separated by semicolons. Through precise semicolon placement in a URI, it is possible to exploit this feature to avoid dotCMS's path-based XSS prevention (such as "require login" filters), and consequently access restricted resources. For example, an attacker could place a semicolon immediately before a / character that separates elements of a filesystem path. This could reveal file content that is ordinarily only visible to signed-in users. This issue can be chained with other exploit code to achieve XSS attacks against dotCMS.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RS:CC:LI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected Products

n/an/a
dotcmsdotcms
On-premWeb App
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
dotcmscommercialWeb & CMS Plugins

Exploitability

Workaround Available
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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

https://www.dotcms.com/security/SI-63
dotcms.com
https://github.com/dotCMS/patches-hotfixes/tree/master/com.dotcms.security.matrixparams
github.com

Timeline

Published
Nov 10, 2022
Last Updated
May 1, 2025

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