CVE-2020-27848: dotCMS

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

dotCMS before 20.10.1 allows SQL injection, as demonstrated by the /api/v1/containers orderby parameter. The PaginatorOrdered classes that are used to paginate results of a REST endpoints do not sanitize the orderBy parameter and in some cases it is vulnerable to SQL injection attacks. A user must be an authenticated manager in the dotCMS system to exploit this vulnerability.

Affected products

• dotCMS dotCMS: before 20.10.1 (fixed in 20.10.1)

Published 2020-12-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.