High
Security advisory
Incorrect Access Control in DotCMS versions before 5.1 allows remote attackers to gain privileges by injecting client configurations via vtl (velocity) files.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-18875
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:55 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Incorrect Access Control in DotCMS versions before 5.1 allows remote attackers to gain privileges by injecting client configurations via vtl (velocity) files.
osv:CVE-2020-18875
Complete source record
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"https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/15882"
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