CVE-2020-17542

5.4 mediumEPSS 0.8%

Medium (5.4) in dotcms dotcms. 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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.4 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 57% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-79
Published: 2021-04-23
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

dotcms:dotcms

References

https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/16890
https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/16890

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