TI-2016-03121 Aliases CVE-2016-3688 GHSA-pq6j-qmr3-jc6p

SQL injection vulnerability in dotCMS before 3.5 allows remote administrators to execute…

LOW 32CWE-200Published 2016-04-19 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · None · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

SQL injection vulnerability in dotCMS before 3.5 allows remote administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the c0-e3 parameter to dwr/call/plaincall/UserAjax.getUsersList.dwr.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0158 75th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms::::::::	up to 3.3.1	Vulnerable	dotCMS

cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 3.3.1 Vulnerable ·dotCMS

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-3688
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pq6j-qmr3-jc6p

References

Exploit 1

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136548/DotCMS-3.3-SQL-Injection.html

Advisory 1

http://dotcms.com/security/SI-32

Other 2

TI-2022-09726 An issue was discovered in the ContentResource API in dotCMS 3.0 through 22.02. KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2020-05479 dotCMS before 5.2.4 is vulnerable to directory traversal, leading to incorrect access… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2020-13533 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in DotCMS v5.2.3 and earlier allow remote… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2017-03385 An issue was discovered in dotCMS through 3.6.1. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2016-07300 SQL injection vulnerability in the categoriesServlet servlet in dotCMS before 3.3.1… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2016-02117 SQL injection vulnerability in the REST API in dotCMS before 3.3.2 allows remote… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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