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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-5877

XSS was discovered in dotCMS 3.7.0, with an unauthenticated attack against the /about-us/locations/index direction parameter.

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31 Oct 2026, 09:56 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2017-5877

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Feb 2017, 15:59 UTC

XSS was discovered in dotCMS 3.7.0, with an unauthenticated attack against the /about-us/locations/index direction parameter.

osv:CVE-2017-5877
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5877",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-5877",
    "summary": "XSS was discovered in dotCMS 3.7.0, with an unauthenticated attack against the /about-us/locations/index direction parameter.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-5877",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-5877",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-5877"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/dotcms/core",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "1a0f2020315730e166179d691a652fd172bb68b9"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "1a0f2020315730e166179d691a652fd172bb68b9"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:3.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.7.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.7.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "3.7.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5877.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:49:02.437336363Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/10643"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-5877",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380432,
  "published_at": "2017-02-06T15:59:00.247+00:00"
}