SB2016061404 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Liferay Portal

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3670)

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in users.jsp in the Profile Search functionality in Liferay before 7.0.0 CE RC1 when processing FirstName field. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

2) Code injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2010-5327)

CWE-ID: CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U/U:Green

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input sanitization in Velocity templates. A remote authenticated attacker can execute arbitrary shell commands via specially crafted Velocity template.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://labs.integrity.pt/advisories/cve-2016-3670/ 
• https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPS-62387
• https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPS-64547