Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU16017

XXE attack in Liferay Enterprise Portal - #VU16017

Published: November 22, 2018

Vulnerability identifier: #VU16017

CSH Severity: Medium

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

CVE-ID: N/A

CWE-ID: CWE-611

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 XXE-attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of XML External Entities (XXEs) when parsing an XML file when default configuration. A remote attacker can conduct XXE-attack via XSL templates in XSL Content and Web Content.

Remediation

Update to version 7.1.1.

Sources

https://dev.liferay.com/web/community-security-team/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/4AHAYapUm8Xc/content/cst-7109-xxe-vulnerability-in-xsl-content-web-content?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

XXE attack in Liferay Enterprise Portal - #VU16017

Detailed vulnerability description

Remediation

Sources

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