# CVE-2024-3164: In dotCMS dashboard, the Tools and Log Files tabs under System → Maintenance Portlet, which is and always has been an Admin portlet, is acce

- Severity: CVSS 4.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-04-01 · Updated: 2024-09-30

## Affected

- dotCMS dotCMS core: version range not reported

## Description

In dotCMS dashboard, the Tools and Log Files tabs under System → Maintenance Portlet, which is and always has been an Admin portlet, is accessible to anyone with that portlet and not just to CMS Admins. Users that get site admin but not a system admin, should not have access to the System Maintenance → Tools portlet. This would share database username and password under Log Files and download DB Dump and other dotCMS Content under Tools. Nothing in the System → Maintenance should be displayed for users with site admin role. Only system admins must have access to System Maintenance. OWASP Top 10 - A01) Broken Access Control OWASP Top 10 - A04) Insecure Design

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on dotCMS dotCMS core, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.dotcms.com/security/SI-69
- https://github.com/dotCMS/core/pull/27912
- https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/27909

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