OS Command Injection in Liferay Enterprise Portal - CVE-2019-11444
Published: April 22, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU35980
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11444
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Liferay
Affected software:
Liferay Enterprise Portal
Liferay Enterprise Portal
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote privileged user to execute arbitrary code.
** DISPUTED ** An issue was discovered in Liferay Portal CE 7.1.2 GA3. An attacker can use Liferay's Groovy script console to execute OS commands. Commands can be executed via a [command].execute() call, as demonstrated by "def cmd =" in the ServerAdminPortlet_script value to group/control_panel/manage. Valid credentials for an application administrator user account are required. NOTE: The developer disputes this as a vulnerability since it is a feature for administrators to run groovy scripts and therefore not a design flaw.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-11444
Install update from vendor's website.