cve/2016/CVE-2016-3972.md

### [CVE-2016-3972](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3972)
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### Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the dotTailLogServlet in dotCMS before 3.5.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the fileName parameter.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Apr/36

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.