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
2023-10-17T22:52:05.453Z
Modified
2026-07-15T01:48:55.256896893Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
CNA SHORTNAME: dotCMSORG UUID: 5b9d93f2-25c7-46b4-ab60-d201718c9dd8
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+

Database specific 
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    "unresolved_ranges": [
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                },
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                },
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                    "introduced": "21.06"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "21.06"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "22.03"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "22.03"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "23.01"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "23.01"
                }
            ],
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
        }
    ],
    "cna_assigner": "dotCMS"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/dotcms/core

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/dotcms/core
Events
Introduced
0e00952a2949626727d0e1bc884bab36505e6553
Last affected
9106fff61c040ca47230b318b1cf78cd0fcc49d2
Database specific 
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    "cpe": [
        "cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:5.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:21.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:22.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:23.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "5.3.8"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "5.3.8"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "21.06"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "21.06"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "22.03"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "22.03"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "23.01"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "23.01"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_STRING"
}

Affected versions

21.*
21.06
22.*
22.03
23.*
23.01
5.*
5.3.8

Database specific

source 
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