CVE-2025-11165
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This vulnerability allows an attacker with scripting privileges in dotCMS to bypass security restrictions and access sensitive Java classes, enabling them to execute arbitrary system commands as the application user. The attacker must be authenticated and have the ability to run scripts to exploit this weakness.
Technical Description
A sandbox escape vulnerability exists in dotCMS’s Velocity scripting engine (VTools) that allows authenticated users with scripting privileges to bypass class and package restrictions enforced by SecureUberspectorImpl. By dynamically modifying the Velocity engine’s runtime configuration and reinitializing its Uberspect, a malicious actor can remove the introspector.restrict.classes and introspector.restrict.packages protections. Once these restrictions are cleared, the attacker can access arbitrary Java classes, including java.lang.Runtime, and execute arbitrary system commands under the privileges of the application process (e.g. dotCMS or Tomcat user).
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Vector String
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XExploit Resources
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Published
Feb 24, 2026
about 1 month ago
Last Modified
Mar 3, 2026
about 1 month ago
Vendor
dotcms
Product
dotcms