SB2024022130 - XML External Entity injection in Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP
Published: February 21, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024022130
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) XML External Entity injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-25606)
CWE-ID: CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote user to compromsie the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input. A remote administrator can pass a specially crafted XML code to the affected application and obtain sensitive information or consume system resources via the Java2WsddTask._format method.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.