ID:5922 - Exploit for Cross-site scripting in Liferay Enterprise Portal - CVE-2019-6588

 
Main Vulnerability Database Exploits ID:5922 - Exploit for Cross-site scripting in Liferay Enterprise Portal - CVE-2019-6588

ID:5922 - Exploit for Cross-site scripting in Liferay Enterprise Portal - CVE-2019-6588

Published: June 17, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU35859
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6588
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
Liferay Enterprise Portal

Link to public exploit:


Vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

In Liferay Portal before 7.1 CE GA4, an XSS vulnerability exists in the SimpleCaptcha API when custom code passes unsanitized input into the "url" parameter of the JSP taglib call <liferay-ui:captcha url="<%= url %>" /> or <liferay-captcha:captcha url="<%= url %>" />. Liferay Portal out-of-the-box behavior with no customizations is not vulnerable.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.