High severity7.2NVD Advisory· Published Apr 19, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-4040

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the Workflow Screen in dotCMS before 3.3.2 allows remote administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the orderby parameter.

Affected products

Dotcms/Dotcms
cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=3.3.1

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

dotcms.com/security/SI-36nvdVendor Advisory
github.com/dotCMS/core/commit/bc4db5d71dc67015572f8e4c6fdf87e29b854d02nvd
github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/8840nvd

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