SB2018071204 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Liferay Enterprise Portal

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SB2018071204 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Liferay Enterprise Portal

Published: July 12, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018071204
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 7
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

High 14% Low 86%
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 7 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: N/A)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in 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) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: N/A)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.

The weakness exists due to blogs titles are visible to users without the appropriate view permission. A remote attacker can gain access to arbitrary data.


3) Open redirect (CVE-ID: N/A)

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to redirect the target user to external websites.

The weakness exists due to open redirect. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted image link, trick the victim into opening it and redirect users to malicious website.

4) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: N/A)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.

The weakness exists due to the password for a Form's REST data provider does not obfuscate the password. A remote attacker can gain access to user's credentials.


5) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: N/A)

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to perform CSRF attack.

The weakness exists due to insufficient CSRF protections. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted HTML page or URL, trick the victim into visiting it, gain access to the system and add comments on behalf of a user.

6) CSV injection (CVE-ID: N/A)

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions.

The weakness exists due to CSV injection. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted CSV file with a spreadsheet program (e.g., Microsoft Excel, LibreOffice Calc, Google Sheets) and bypass security restrictions.

7) OS command injection (CVE-ID: N/A)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute shell commands on the target system.

The weakness exists due to OS command injection in SendmailHook when processing of the user’s input data. A remote attacker can inject and execute arbitrary shell commands with root privileges.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References