Medium severity · published Oct 17, 2023
CVE-2023-3042
CNA SHORTNAME: dotCMSORG UUID: 5b9d93f2-25c7-46b4-ab60-d201718c9dd8
6.1
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In dotCMS, versions mentioned, a flaw in the NormalizationFilter does not strip double slashes (//) from URLs, potentially enabling bypasses for XSS and access controls. An example affected URL is https://demo.dotcms.com//html/portlet/ext/files/edit_text_inc.jsp , which should return a 404 response but didn't.
The oversight in the default invalid URL character list can be viewed at the provided GitHub link https://github.com/dotCMS/core/blob/master/dotCMS/src/main/java/com/dotcms/filters/NormalizationFilter.java#L37 .
To mitigate, users can block URLs with double slashes at firewalls or utilize dotCMS config variables.
Specifically, they can use the DOT_URI_NORMALIZATION_FORBIDDEN_STRINGS environmental variable to add // to the list of invalid strings.
Additionally, the DOT_URI_NORMALIZATION_FORBIDDEN_REGEX variable offers more detailed control, for instance, to block //html.* URLs.
Fix Version:23.06+, LTS 22.03.7+, LTS 23.01.4+
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 35% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DC
dotCMS core · dotCMS
5.3.8; 21.06; 22.03; 23.01 · source: vendor
DO
Dotcms · Dotcms
5.3.8; 21.06; 22.03; 23.01 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3042
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3042
Vendor Advisory
https://www.dotcms.com/security/SI-68
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