CVE-2016-8902: dotCMS

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

SQL injection vulnerability in the categoriesServlet servlet in dotCMS before 3.3.1 allows remote not authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the sort parameter.

Affected products

  • dotCMS dotCMS: up to and including 3.3

Published 2016-11-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.