CVE-2024-3165 (GCVE-0-2024-3165)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-01 21:38 – Updated: 2024-09-30 15:27
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Database Credential Exposure in the Logs
Summary
System->Maintenance-> Log Files in dotCMS dashboard is providing the username/password for database connections in the log output. Nevertheless, this is a moderate issue as it requires a backend admin as well as that dbs are locked down by environment.
OWASP Top 10 - A05) Insecure Design
OWASP Top 10 - A05) Security Misconfiguration
OWASP Top 10 - A09) Security Logging and Monitoring Failure
Severity
4.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-04-02 15:07 UTC
CWE
- CWE-532 - Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dotCMS | dotCMS core |
Affected:
22.02 and after
|
guessed | |
| dotcms | dotcms |
Affected:
22.02 , < *
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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