High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 30, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-27848
CVE-2020-27848
Description
dotCMS before 20.10.1 allows SQL injection, as demonstrated by the /api/v1/containers orderby parameter. The PaginatorOrdered classes that are used to paginate results of a REST endpoints do not sanitize the orderBy parameter and in some cases it is vulnerable to SQL injection attacks. A user must be an authenticated manager in the dotCMS system to exploit this vulnerability.
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Affected products
3- dotCMS/dotCMSdescription
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References
2- github.com/dotCMS/core/compare/v5.3.8.1...v20.10.1nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/19500nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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