CVE-2024-3164

Published Apr 1, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 4.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In dotCMS dashboard, the Tools and Log Files tabs under System → Maintenance Portlet, which is and always has been an Admin portlet, is accessible to anyone with that portlet and not just to CMS Admins. Users that get site admin but not a system admin, should not have access to the System Maintenance → Tools portlet. This would share database username and password under Log Files and download DB Dump and other dotCMS Content under Tools. Nothing in the System → Maintenance should be displayed for users with site admin role. Only system admins must have access to System Maintenance.

OWASP Top 10 - A01) Broken Access Control

OWASP Top 10 - A04) Insecure Design

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-31761 In dotCMS dashboard, the Tools and Log Files tabs under System → Maintenance Portlet, which is and always has been an Admin portlet, is accessible to anyone with that portlet and not just to CMS Admins. Users that get site admin but not a system admin, should not have access to the System Maintenance → Tools portlet. This would share database username and password under Log Files and download DB Dump and other dotCMS Content under Tools. Nothing in the System → Maintenance should be displayed for users with site admin role. Only system admins must have access to System Maintenance. OWASP Top 10 - A01) Broken Access Control OWASP Top 10 - A04) Insecure Design
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:23.10.24:1:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:23.10.24:2:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:23.10.24:3:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:23.10.24:4:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:23.10.24:5:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:23.10.24:6:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:23.10.24:7:*:*:lts:*:*:*
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-552
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Dotcms
Dotcms dotcms
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:22.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Dotcms
Dotcms dotcms
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
dotCMS
Published
Updated
Sep 30, 2024, 3:30 PM
Reserved
Apr 1, 2024, 9:21 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Apr 1, 2024, 10:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 7:43 AM