CVE-2023-3042

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3042
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-3042.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-3042
Published
2023-10-17T23:15:11.920Z
Modified
2026-04-10T04:57:20.625022Z
Severity
  • 6.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In dotCMS, versions mentioned, a flaw in the NormalizationFilter does not strip double slashes (//) from URLs, potentially enabling bypasses for XSS and access controls. An example affected URL is https://demo.dotcms.com//html/portlet/ext/files/edittextinc.jsp , which should return a 404 response but didn't.

The oversight in the default invalid URL character list can be viewed at the provided GitHub link https://github.com/dotCMS/core/blob/master/dotCMS/src/main/java/com/dotcms/filters/NormalizationFilter.java#L37 . 

To mitigate, users can block URLs with double slashes at firewalls or utilize dotCMS config variables.

Specifically, they can use the DOTURINORMALIZATIONFORBIDDENSTRINGS environmental variable to add // to the list of invalid strings.

Additionally, the DOTURINORMALIZATIONFORBIDDENREGEX variable offers more detailed control, for instance, to block //html.* URLs.

Fix Version:23.06+, LTS 22.03.7+, LTS 23.01.4+

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/dotcms/core

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/dotcms/core
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
0e00952a2949626727d0e1bc884bab36505e6553
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
7d604e575b3c41eef5111cb640f287aa9b1f831d
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
cd47f803452f1ec7a122f499bba63591e601f283
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
9106fff61c040ca47230b318b1cf78cd0fcc49d2
Database specific 
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "5.3.8"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "21.06"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "22.03"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "23.01"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

22.*
22.10.1
3.*
3.0
3.5
3.5_Preview01
3.5_Preview02
3.6.0
pre3.*
pre3.5buildrevert
v21.*
v21.06
v22.*
v22.03
v23.*
v23.01
v5.*
v5.3.8

Database specific

source 
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