# CVE-2024-3165: Database Credential Exposure in the Logs

> An authenticated backend administrator can view database credentials exposed in the application log files.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 30 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4mm4-33wm-56jr

## What is CVE-2024-3165?

CVE-2024-3165 is a medium-severity 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

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

Weakness: CWE-532 (Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3165?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dotcms Dotcms.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-3165?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3165 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-3165 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3165 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dotcms Dotcms

- [CVE-2022-26352](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26352/): dotCMS Unrestricted Upload of File (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2020-19138](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-19138/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-6754](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6754/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-5344](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5344/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-2355](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2355/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-3165 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-3165 is a medium-severity 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3165 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dotcms Dotcms. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3165/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3165/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3165
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3165
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-3165

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3165/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.