Fortinet Discovers dotCMS Unauthorized Denial of Service Vulnerability

Summary

Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs had discovered a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in dotCMS Core.


dotCMS is an open source content management system (CMS) written in Java for managing content and content driven sites and applications.


The vulnerability is caused by improper thread pool handling in dotCMS Core. Upon successful exploitation, it allows attackers to cause denial-of-service attack on the target.



Solutions

Users should apply the solution provided by dotCMS.



Additional Information

The vulnerability affected dotCMS Core version 22.06 and below.



Timeline

Fortinet reported the vulnerability to dotCMS on 12th July, 2022.

dotCMS confirmed the vulnerability on 30th July, 2022.




Acknowledgement

This vulnerability was discovered by Nguyen Thanh Nguyen of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs.

IPS Subscription

Fortinet customers who subscribe to Fortinet's intrusion prevention (IPS) service should be protected against this vulnerability with the appropriate configuration parameters in place. Fortinet's IPS service is one component of FortiGuard Subscription Services, which also offer comprehensive solutions such as antivirus, Web content filtering and antispam capabilities. These services enable protection against threats on both application and network layers. FortiGuard Services are continuously updated by FortiGuard Labs, which enables Fortinet to deliver a combination of multi-layered security intelligence and true zero-day protection from new and emerging threats. These updates are delivered to all FortiGate, FortiMail and FortiClient products. Fortinet strictly follows responsible disclosure guidelines to ensure optimum protection during a threat's lifecycle.