Open redirect in Liferay DXP and Liferay Enterprise Portal - CVE-2023-5190
Published: February 20, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU86600
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5190
CWE-ID: CWE-601
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to redirect victims to arbitrary URL.
The vulnerability exists due to improper sanitization of user-supplied data in the Countries Management’s edit region page within the "_com_liferay_address_web_internal_portlet_CountriesManagementAdminPortlet_redirect" parameter. A remote attacker can create a link that leads to a trusted website, however, when clicked, redirects the victim to arbitrary domain.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to perform a phishing attack and steal potentially sensitive information.
Affected software
Liferay DXP
Liferay Enterprise Portal
Liferay Enterprise Portal
How to mitigate CVE-2023-5190
Install updates from vendor's website.
Liferay DXP - update to 2023.Q3.6
Liferay Enterprise Portal - update to 7.4.3.102 ga102
Liferay Enterprise Portal - update to 7.4.3.102 ga102