Cross-site request forgery in Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP

1) Cross-site request forgery

EUVDB-ID: #VU86270

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-29050

CWE-ID: CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin in the terms of use page. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Liferay Enterprise Portal: 7.2 - 7.3.5 ga6

Liferay DXP: All versions

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.2.0_ga1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.2.0_m2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.2.0_a1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.2.0:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.2.0:b2:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.2.0:b3:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.2.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.2.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_dxp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://liferay.dev:443/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2021-29050

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.