Cross-site scripting in Liferay Enterprise Portal - #VU8549
Published: September 21, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8549
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-79
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 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.
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