CVE-2024-3938

The "reset password" login page accepted an HTML injection via URL parameters. This has already been rectified via patch, and as such it cannot be demonstrated via Demo site link. Those interested to see the vulnerability may spin up a http://localhost:8082/dotAdmin/#/public/login?resetEmailSent=true&resetEmail=%3Ch1%3E%3Ca%20href%3D%22https:%2F%2Fgoogle.com%22%3ECLICK%20ME%3C%2Fa%3E%3C%2Fh1%3E This will result in a view along these lines: * OWASP Top 10 - A03: Injection * CVSS Score: 5.4 * AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln-metrics/cvss/v3-calculator * https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln-metrics/cvss/v3-calculator?vector=AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N&... https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln-metrics/cvss/v3-calculator

Published: 2024-07-25 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-3938 is rated Low Risk (26.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.24%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-3938

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 2026-06-15 0.70% 0.24% -0.46%
2 2025-12-14 0.52% 0.70% +0.18%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.52% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-3938

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/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:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
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:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 2.5 [email protected]
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/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:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 2.7 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-3938

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-3938

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dotcms dotcms >= 5.1.5, < 23.01.18 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotcms dotcms >= 23.02, <= 23.09.7 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotcms dotcms >= 23.12.21, <= 24.04.23 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotcms dotcms >= 24.05.13, < 24.05.31 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:23.10.24:10:*:*: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:*:*:*
dotcms dotcms 23.10.24 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:23.10.24:8:*:*:lts:*:*:*
dotcms dotcms 23.10.24 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:23.10.24:9:*:*:lts:*:*:*
dotcms dotcms 23.10.24.0 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:23.10.24.0:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
dotcms dotcms 24.04.24 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:24.04.24:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotcms dotcms 24.04.24 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:24.04.24:0:*:*:lts:*:*:*
dotcms dotcms 24.04.24 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:24.04.24:1:*:*:lts:*:*:*
dotcms dotcms 24.04.24 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:24.04.24:2:*:*:lts:*:*:*
dotcms dotcms 24.04.24 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:24.04.24:3:*:*:lts:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-3938

URL Tags
https://www.dotcms.com/security/SI-71 Vendor Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence