CVE-2022-45782

highpriority · attend · 45EPSS 0.006 · 51 %ileexploit · PoCEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

0.64% (51st) EPSS

CVSS 8.8 · high

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

An issue was discovered in dotCMS core 5.3.8.5 through 5.3.8.15 and 21.03 through 22.10.1. A cryptographically insecure random generation algorithm for password-reset token generation leads to account takeover.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-338USprimary

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

ninajafli/DotCMS-CVE-2022-45782Proof-of-concept for CVE-2022-45782: predictable dotCMS password-reset tokens, with a token cracker and full exploit chain.PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
dotcms dotcms21.03 → 21.10.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotcms dotcms5.3.8.5 → 5.3.8.15nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-02-01modified 2026-06-17

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references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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