CVE-2016-3688
SQL injection vulnerability in dotCMS before 3.5 allows remote administrators to execute...
SQL injection vulnerability in dotCMS before 3.5 allows remote administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the c0-e3 parameter to dwr/call/plaincall/UserAjax.getUsersList.dwr.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
SQL injection vulnerability in dotCMS before 3.5 allows remote administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the c0-e3 parameter to dwr/call/plaincall/UserAjax.getUsersList.dwr.
- Record
CVE-2016-3688- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
SQL injection vulnerability in dotCMS before 3.5 allows remote administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the c0-e3 parameter to dwr/call/plaincall/UserAjax.getUsersList.dwr.
- Record
CVE-2016-3688- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-4712 No score
SQL injection vulnerability in dotCMS before 3.5 allows remote administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the c0-e3 parameter to dwr/call/plaincall/UserAjax.getUsersList.dwr.
- Record
EUVD-2016-4712- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pq6j-qmr3-jc6p
SQL injection vulnerability in dotCMS before 3.5 allows remote administrators to execute...
SQL injection vulnerability in dotCMS before 3.5 allows remote administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the c0-e3 parameter to dwr/call/plaincall/UserAjax.getUsersList.dwr.
- Record
GHSA-pq6j-qmr3-jc6p- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
SQL injection vulnerability in dotCMS before 3.5 allows remote administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the c0-e3 parameter to dwr/call/plaincall/UserAjax.getUsersList.dwr.
- Record
CVE-2016-3688- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-3688 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Dotcms, published April 19, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.58%, the 75th percentile. No source names a fixed version.