Low severity2.7NVD Advisory· Published Apr 18, 2016· Updated May 6, 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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
2- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Apr/36nvdExploit
- dotcms.com/security/SI-34nvdVendor Advisory
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