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CVE-2016-8903

SQL injection vulnerability in the "Site Browser > Templates pages" screen in dotCMS before 3.3.1...

8.8 High

SQL injection vulnerability in the "Site Browser > Templates pages" screen in dotCMS before 3.3.1 allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the orderby 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

1.94%Up 0.8 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used8.8

SQL injection vulnerability in the "Site Browser > Templates pages" screen in dotCMS before 3.3.1 allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the orderby parameter.

Record
CVE-2016-8903
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 "Site Browser > Templates pages" screen in dotCMS before 3.3.1 allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the orderby parameter.

Record
CVE-2016-8903
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-9728No score

SQL injection vulnerability in the "Site Browser > Templates pages" screen in dotCMS before 3.3.1 allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the orderby parameter.

Record
EUVD-2016-9728
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-49f2-r5xc-q59v8.8

SQL injection vulnerability in the "Site Browser > Templates pages" screen in dotCMS before 3.3.1...

SQL injection vulnerability in the "Site Browser > Templates pages" screen in dotCMS before 3.3.1 allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the orderby parameter.

Record
GHSA-49f2-r5xc-q59v
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 "Site Browser > Templates pages" screen in dotCMS before 3.3.1 allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the orderby parameter.

Record
CVE-2016-8903
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

Affected products

History

History
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In short

CVE-2016-8903 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 1.94%, the 80th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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