#VU8540 Cross-site scripting in Liferay Enterprise Portal - CVE-2016-3670
Published: June 14, 2016 / Updated: September 14, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8540
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3670
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
Liferay Enterprise Portal
Liferay Enterprise Portal
Software vendor:
Liferay
Liferay
Description
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in users.jsp in the Profile Search functionality in Liferay before 7.0.0 CE RC1 when processing FirstName field. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Update to version 7.0.0 CE RC1.