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TI-2025-10231 Aliases CVE-2025-11165GHSA-hwvv-m8xc-26x2

SQL injection in dotCMS

Priority MEDIUM 42CWE-89Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
SQL injection
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.

Summary

A sandbox escape vulnerability exists in dotCMS’s Velocity scripting engine (VTools) that allows authenticated users with scripting privileges to bypass class and package restrictions enforced by SecureUberspectorImpl. By dynamically modifying the Velocity engine’s runtime configuration and reinitializing its Uberspect, a malicious actor can remove the introspector.restrict.classes and introspector.restrict.packages protections. Once these restrictions are cleared, the attacker can access arbitrary Java classes, including java.lang.Runtime, and execute arbitrary system commands under the privileges of the application process (e.g. dotCMS or Tomcat user).

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00345 28th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
dotCMSdotCMS24.12; 25.07—No fix listedCNA
  • dotCMS VendordotCMS Affected 24.12; 25.07 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*before 24.12.27; 25.01.07 to before 25.07.10VulnerabledotCMS
  • cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions before 24.12.27; 25.01.07 to before 25.07.10 Vulnerable ·dotCMS

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-11165
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hwvv-m8xc-26x2

References

Advisory 1

  • 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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