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CVE-2016-8902
SQL injection vulnerability in the categoriesServlet servlet in dotCMS before 3.3.1 allows remote not authenticated attackers to execute…
Critical9.8EPSS 2.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
SQL injection vulnerability in the categoriesServlet servlet in dotCMS before 3.3.1 allows remote not authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the sort parameter.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 21 days later
· 21 days later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.8% · top 14% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- https://github.com/dotCMS/core/pull/8460/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 94311 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/dotCMS/core/pull/8468/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://security.elarlang.eu/multiple-sql-injection-vulnerabilities-in-dotcms-8x-cve-full-disclosure.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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