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CVE-2016-8905

SQL injection vulnerability in the JSONTags servlet in dotCMS before 3.3.1 allows remote...

8.8 High

CVE-2016-8905 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Dotcms, published November 14, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.99%, the 81st percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
8.8 HighCVSS 3.0, NVD
Exploit chance
1.99%EPSS, 81st percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the JSONTags servlet in dotCMS before 3.3.1 allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the sort parameter.

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
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.99%Up 0.9 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

What each source reports

NVD Score used8.8

SQL injection vulnerability in the JSONTags servlet in dotCMS before 3.3.1 allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the sort parameter.

Record
CVE-2016-8905
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.5 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-89
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

SQL injection vulnerability in the JSONTags servlet in dotCMS before 3.3.1 allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the sort parameter.

Record
CVE-2016-8905
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-9730No score

SQL injection vulnerability in the JSONTags servlet in dotCMS before 3.3.1 allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the sort parameter.

Record
EUVD-2016-9730
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-34w4-v7w4-hxvc8.8

SQL injection vulnerability in the JSONTags servlet in dotCMS before 3.3.1 allows remote...

SQL injection vulnerability in the JSONTags servlet in dotCMS before 3.3.1 allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the sort parameter.

Record
GHSA-34w4-v7w4-hxvc
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-89
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV8.8

SQL injection vulnerability in the JSONTags servlet in dotCMS before 3.3.1 allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the sort parameter.

Record
CVE-2016-8905
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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