Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU16016

Session hijacking in Liferay Enterprise Portal - #VU16016

Published: November 22, 2018

Vulnerability identifier: #VU16016

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: N/A

CWE-ID: CWE-384

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Liferay

Affected software:
Liferay Enterprise Portal

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct session fixation attack.

The vulnerability exists due to unspecified flaw. A remote attacker can circumvent the requirement to enter the current password and hijack user's account.

Remediation

Update to version 7.1.1.

Sources

https://dev.liferay.com/web/community-security-team/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/4AHAYapUm8Xc/content/cst-7108-user-can-change-password-without-entering-current-password?inheritRedirect=false&redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fdev.liferay.com%2Fweb%2Fcommunity-security-team%2Fknown-vulnerabilities%3Fp_p_id%3D101_INSTANCE_4AHAYapUm8Xc%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-1%26p_p_col_pos%3D1%26p_p_col_count%3D4

Session hijacking in Liferay Enterprise Portal - #VU16016

Detailed vulnerability description

Remediation

Sources

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