SB2019060325 - Cross-site scripting in Liferay Enterprise Portal
Published: June 3, 2019 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019060325
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6588)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
In Liferay Portal before 7.1 CE GA4, an XSS vulnerability exists in the SimpleCaptcha API when custom code passes unsanitized input into the "url" parameter of the JSP taglib call <liferay-ui:captcha url="<%= url %>" /> or <liferay-captcha:captcha url="<%= url %>" />. Liferay Portal out-of-the-box behavior with no customizations is not vulnerable.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.