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ID:1327 - Exploit for Cross-site scripting in Liferay Enterprise Portal - CVE-2016-3670
ID:1327 - Exploit for Cross-site scripting in Liferay Enterprise Portal - CVE-2016-3670
Published: March 18, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8540
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3670
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
Liferay Enterprise Portal
Liferay Enterprise Portal
Link to public exploit:
Vulnerability description
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in users.jsp in the Profile Search functionality in Liferay before 7.0.0 CE RC1 when processing FirstName field. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security 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
Update to version 7.0.0 CE RC1.