Paper/Archive/CVE-2026-16337

CVE-2026-16337

dotCMS dotCMS — Improper authorization in the ToolGroupResource and RoleAjax REST/DWR endpoints in dotCMS dotCMS 21.02 through 26.06.22-03 on all platfor…

EPSS 0.6%CVSS 9.4

critical.is priorityof 100

CVSS 9.4 (CNA)9.4 / 10 × 3028.2 Not in CISA KEV+300.0 EPSS percentile 47.6.476 × 209.5 No public exploit+100.0 SSVC exploitation: none+100.0

Description · from the CVE record

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.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource

dotCMS21.02 – 26.06.22-03–CNA

Scores by source

dotCMS (CNA)9.4CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

References

refgithub.com/dotCMS/core/pull/36344 refdev.dotcms.com/docs/manage/access-and-security/security-and-privacy/known-security-issues?issueNumber=SI-76