CVE-2017-11466: dotCMS

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 7.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Arbitrary file upload vulnerability in com/dotmarketing/servlets/AjaxFileUploadServlet.class in dotCMS 4.1.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to upload .jsp files to arbitrary locations via directory traversal sequences in the fieldName parameter to servlets/ajax_file_upload. This results in arbitrary code execution by requesting the .jsp file at a /assets URI.

Affected products

• dotCMS dotCMS: version 4.1.1 only

Published 2017-07-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.