CVE-2024-3164 Missing authorization in dotCMS core
Site admins can access system maintenance tools to view database credentials and download dumps due to missing authorization checks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-3164?
CVE-2024-3164 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Dotcms Dotcms, published on 1 Apr 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
In dotCMS dashboard, the Tools and Log Files tabs under System → Maintenance Portlet, which is and always has been an Admin portlet, is accessible to anyone with that portlet and not just to CMS Admins. Users that get site admin but not a system admin, should not have access to the System Maintenance → Tools portlet. This would share database username and password under Log Files and download DB Dump and other dotCMS Content under Tools. Nothing in the System → Maintenance should be displayed for users with site admin role. Only system admins must have access to System Maintenance.
OWASP Top 10 - A01) Broken Access Control
OWASP Top 10 - A04) Insecure Design
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3164?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Dotcms Dotcms.
How do I fix CVE-2024-3164?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3164 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-3164 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3164 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Dotcms Dotcms
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vhhq-fxg5-hvp8.