CVE-2016-3972

LowCVSS 2.7/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 2.7/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-22

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Apr 18, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-3972: Low severity, CVSS 2.7 | Vulnix