CVE-2020-17542: dotCMS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.4. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in dotCMS v5.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting a malicious payload into the "Task Detail" comment window of the "/dotAdmin/#/c/workflow" component.

Affected products

• dotCMS dotCMS: version 5.1.5 only

Published 2021-04-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.