Input validation error in Liferay Enterprise Portal - CVE-2020-13445
Published: June 10, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU34348
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-13445
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.
In Liferay Portal before 7.3.2 and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 92, 7.1 before fix pack 18, and 7.2 before fix pack 6, the template API does not restrict user access to sensitive objects, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via crafted FreeMarker and Velocity templates.
Affected software
Liferay Enterprise Portal
How to mitigate CVE-2020-13445
Install update from vendor's website.