CVE-2020-27848

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions dotCMS versions prior to 20.10.1

Description The issue allows SQL injection, as demonstrated by the "/api/v1/containers" endpoint with the orderby parameter. The PaginatorOrdered classes used for paginating results of REST endpoints do not sanitize the orderby parameter, making it vulnerable to SQL injection attacks in some cases. A user must be an authenticated manager in the dotCMS system to exploit this issue.

Recommendations For versions prior to 20.10.1, update to version 20.10.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the /api/v1/containers endpoint or sanitizing the orderby parameter to minimize the risk of exploitation.