CVE-2020-17542

MediumCVSS 5.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in dotCMS v5.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting a malicious payload into the "Task Detail" comment window of the "/dotAdmin/#/c/workflow" component.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.4/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/16890Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/16890Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Apr 23, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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