Security advisory

{
  "id": "6c3a78ee9ee8fe763e986c50ec8e8c92073b39446f21ff4ed9ad768970cc05ea",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3972",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-3972",
    "summary": "Directory traversal vulnerability in the dotTailLogServlet in dotCMS before 3.5.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the fileName parameter.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-3972",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "low",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-3972",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-3972"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/dotcms/core",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "4f2d1eede4cbce97b93ccc5d35f5aadea5897dd2"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.5"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "pre3.5buildrevert",
            "3.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-3972.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:30.694373791Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-3972",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 432635,
  "published_at": "2016-04-18T15:59:04.143+00:00"
}