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Low severity2.7NVD Advisory· Published Apr 18, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-3972

CVE-2016-3972

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the dotTailLogServlet in dotCMS before 3.5.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the fileName parameter.

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Affected products

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  • Dotcms/Dotcms2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=3.5
    • (no CPE)range: <3.5.1

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