SB2021051306 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Liferay Enterprise Portal
Published: May 13, 2021
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-29053)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the "classPKField" parameter in "CommerceChannelRelFinder.countByC_C" and "CommerceChannelRelFinder.findByC_C". A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.
2) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-29044)
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 in the "_com_liferay_site_my_sites_web_portlet_MySitesPortlet_comments" parameter. A remote attacker can inject 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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.