CVE-2025-11165

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).

CVSS v3 9.9 CRITICAL

9.9^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.1 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://dev.dotcms.com/docs/known-security-issues?issueNumber=SI-74	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:::::lts:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:::::lts:::*

History

03 Mar 2026, 00:34

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://dev.dotcms.com/docs/known-security-issues?issueNumber=SI-74 -~~	() https://dev.dotcms.com/docs/known-security-issues?issueNumber=SI-74 - Vendor Advisory
First Time		Dotcms Dotcms dotcms
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:::::lts:::*
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 9.9

24 Feb 2026, 09:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-02-24 09:16

Updated : 2026-03-03 00:34

NVD link : CVE-2025-11165

Mitre link : CVE-2025-11165

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-11165

JSON object : View

Products Affected

dotcms

dotcms

CWE

CWE-89

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

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