Security advisory

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  "id": "e66baf6aafddac3fd8054e5e968592f469d104ada1c099ccb3189e2e9a72788f",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-11466",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-11466",
    "summary": "Arbitrary file upload vulnerability in com/dotmarketing/servlets/AjaxFileUploadServlet.class in dotCMS 4.1.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to upload .jsp files to arbitrary locations via directory traversal sequences in the fieldName parameter to servlets/ajax_file_upload. This results in arbitrary code execution by requesting the .jsp file at a /assets URI.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-11466",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-11466",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-11466"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/dotcms/core",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "67371d2759506de60b7fdc312cdf6ec1d780699d"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "67371d2759506de60b7fdc312cdf6ec1d780699d"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4.1.1"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.1.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "4.1.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-11466.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:47:41.452645854Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/12131",
        "https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143383/dotcms411-shell.txt"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-11466",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 379630,
  "published_at": "2017-07-20T00:29:00.353+00:00"
}