Cross-site scripting in Liferay Enterprise Portal - #VU8549
Published: September 21, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8549
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [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]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input sanitization in various web application components. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim’s browser in security context of the affected website.
Affected software
Liferay Enterprise Portal
Remediation
Install update from vendor's repository:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/liferay-patches/files/7.0.3%20GA4/
https://github.com/community-security-team/liferay-portal/compare/7.0.3-ga4...7.0.3-CST-7030.patch
https://sourceforge.net/projects/liferay-patches/files/7.0.3%20GA4/
https://github.com/community-security-team/liferay-portal/compare/7.0.3-ga4...7.0.3-CST-7030.patch