Access Control Vulnerability in Liferay Portal and DXP Products
CVE-2020-13445

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Liferay
Status
Liferay Portal
Vendor
CVE Published:
10 June 2020

What is CVE-2020-13445?

In specific versions of Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP, the template API inadequately restricts user access to sensitive objects. This oversight empowers remote authenticated users to exploit this vulnerability through specially crafted FreeMarker and Velocity templates, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution on the affected systems.

References

https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabi...
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https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17023
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https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-043-l...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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