ReDoS in Liferay
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2023-33950 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-185 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Liferay Enterprise Portal Web applications / CMS Liferay DXP Web applications / CMS |
| Vendor | Liferay |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
1) Incorrect Regular Expression
EUVDB-ID: #VU76580
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-33950
CWE-ID:
CWE-185 - Incorrect Regular Expression
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing regular expressions. A remote user can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsLiferay Enterprise Portal: 7.4.3.48 ga48 - 7.4.3.76 ga76
Liferay DXP: before 7.4 update 77
External linksQ & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
