Security advisory

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  "id": "710bd0d186dbb30ab144d64918b4d7d6f9cd61fba277a574be173395d9404682",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-27848",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-27848",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-27848",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-27848",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-27848"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/dotcms/core",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "d4ddc0720ee33a4be18823bb8b8cfad3f435240c"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "20.10.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "3.6.0",
            "3.5",
            "3.5_Preview02",
            "3.5_Preview01",
            "pre3.5buildrevert",
            "3.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-27848.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:53:02.270394497Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/dotCMS/core/compare/v5.3.8.1...v20.10.1",
        "https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/19500"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-27848",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 384155,
  "published_at": "2020-12-30T19:15:13.123+00:00"
}