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CVE-2016-3972

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.

  • Published: Apr 18, 2016
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2016-3972
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

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Software From Fixed in
dotcms / dotcms - 3.5.x