CVE-2020-6754
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 94.8% (pctl 100)
Patch early
EPSS 94.8% — above the 10% action threshold.
Description
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).
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 94.8% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-22 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2020-02-05 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| dotcms | dotcms |
References
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