CVE-2024-3165 | Database Credential Exposure in the Logs

System->Maintenance-> Log Files in dotCMS dashboard is providing the username/password for database connections in the log output. Nevertheless, this is a moderate issue as it requires a backend admin as well as that dbs are locked down by environment.   OWASP Top 10 - A05) Insecure Design OWASP Top 10 - A05) Security Misconfiguration OWASP Top 10 - A09) Security Logging and Monitoring Failure

Published: 2024-04-01 Last update: 2025-06-27 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-3165 is rated Low Risk (31.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.16%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-3165

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-08-21 0.13% 0.16% +0.03%
2 2025-05-11 0.19% 0.13% -0.06%
3 2025-05-10 — 0.19% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-3165

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 0.9 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-3165

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-3165

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dotcms dotcms >= 22.02, < 22.03.15 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotcms dotcms >= 23.01, < 23.01.15 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotcms dotcms >= 23.02, <= 23.09.7 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotcms dotcms 23.10.24 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:23.10.24:1:*:*:lts:*:*:*
dotcms dotcms 23.10.24 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:23.10.24:2:*:*:lts:*:*:*
dotcms dotcms 23.10.24 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:23.10.24:3:*:*:lts:*:*:*
dotcms dotcms 23.10.24 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:23.10.24:4:*:*:lts:*:*:*
dotcms dotcms 23.10.24 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:23.10.24:5:*:*:lts:*:*:*
dotcms dotcms 23.10.24 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:23.10.24:6:*:*:lts:*:*:*
dotcms dotcms 23.10.24 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:23.10.24:7:*:*:lts:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-3165

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