Medium
Security advisory
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.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2020-17542
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:54 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:CVE-2020-17542
Complete source record
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