Security advisory

{
  "id": "8fc01ab4adb6c59a8e4059c17423af10b2a3e6839df594ff3541a65e64adbb8a",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5344",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-5344",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in dotCMS through 3.6.1. The findChildrenByFilter() function which is called by the web accessible path /categoriesServlet performs string interpolation and direct SQL query execution. SQL quote escaping and a keyword blacklist were implemented in a new class, SQLUtil (main/java/com/dotmarketing/common/util/SQLUtil.java), as part of the remediation of CVE-2016-8902; however, these can be overcome in the case of the q and inode parameters to the /categoriesServlet path. Overcoming these controls permits a number of blind boolean SQL injection vectors in either parameter. The /categoriesServlet web path can be accessed remotely and without authentication in a default dotCMS deployment.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-5344",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-5344",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-5344"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/dotcms/core",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "b1834b29439a94115033e7f4ed00cb0abe9fed96"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.6.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "3.6.1",
            "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-2017-5344.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:51.180166730Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41377/",
        "https://github.com/xdrr/webapp-exploits/blob/master/vendors/dotcms/2017.01.blind-sqli/dotcms-dump.sh"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-5344",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 437419,
  "published_at": "2017-02-17T07:59:00.903+00:00"
}