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CVE-2026-16337

Improper authorization in the ToolGroupResource and RoleAjax REST/DWR endpoints in dotCMS dotCMS 21.02 through 26.06.22-03 on all platforms allows a low-privileged authenticated backend user to self-assign the administrative layout and self-grant the CMS Administrator role, then achieve remote code execution via a crafted OSGi bundle upload whose BundleActivator executes arbitrary shell commands.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:34128165b6809cb7af897fd2f412369c4b521bb6d6aa934079d0ca5f380482e2
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"dotCMS","vendor":"dotCMS","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"26.06.22-03","status":"affected","version":"21.02","versionType":"custom"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f4321ec17cfbd209e09ba5c5cb03a51367fd2210c27a3cd2b5a1f4add029324b · sha256:4a08951583ca8221… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":9.4,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","privilegesRequired":"LOW","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","subConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","subIntegrityImpact":"HIGH","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f4321ec17cfbd209e09ba5c5cb03a51367fd2210c27a3cd2b5a1f4add029324b · sha256:4a08951583ca8221… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-269","description":"CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f4321ec17cfbd209e09ba5c5cb03a51367fd2210c27a3cd2b5a1f4add029324b · sha256:4a08951583ca8221… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

1 source assertion
{"url":"https://github.com/dotCMS/core/pull/36344"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f4321ec17cfbd209e09ba5c5cb03a51367fd2210c27a3cd2b5a1f4add029324b · sha256:4a08951583ca8221… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

Provider severity values are preserved separately. Baitaphish does not convert them into a risk rating, infer affected products, or treat EPSS as observed exploitation.

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