SB2018112207 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Liferay Enterprise Portal



SB2018112207 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Liferay Enterprise Portal

Published: November 22, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018112207
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 8
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 8 vulnerabilities.


1) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: N/A)

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The vulnerability exists in session management functionality when processing password changes. If the user has multiple active sessions on the website, these sessions are not terminated, when the user changes the password. As a result, if an attacker is able to compromise a user’s session, password change will not protect from unauthorized usage of the compromised session in the future.


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

CWE-ID: CWE-601 - URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

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


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

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

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

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:U/U:Clear


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.


4) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: N/A)

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The weakness exists due to multiple permission issue. A remote attacker can bypass security restrictions and perform actions on resources which are not allowed to perform.


5) Server-side request forgery (CVE-ID: N/A)

CWE-ID: CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

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


The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform SSRF attack.

The weakness exists due to unspecified error. A remote attacker can perform SSRF attack via Web Content templates and Application Display Templates (ADT) to bypass network access controls and gain access to sensitive information.

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

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:U/U:Clear


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.


7) Session hijacking (CVE-ID: N/A)

CWE-ID: CWE-384 - Session Fixation

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


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct session fixation attack.

The vulnerability exists due to unspecified flaw. A remote attacker can circumvent the requirement to enter the current password and hijack user's account.


8) XXE attack (CVE-ID: N/A)

CWE-ID: CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')

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


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct XXE-attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of XML External Entities (XXEs) when parsing an XML file  when default configuration. A remote attacker can conduct XXE-attack via XSL templates in XSL Content and Web Content.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References