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#VU8498 Cross-site scripting in Liferay Enterprise Portal - CVE-2016-10404

Published: August 7, 2017 / Updated: September 19, 2017

Vulnerability identifier: #VU8498

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:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10404

CWE-ID: CWE-79

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
Liferay Enterprise Portal

Software vendor:
Liferay

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data via the "redirect" HTTP GET parameter to "modules/apps/foundation/frontend-js/frontend-js-spa-web/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/init.jsp" script. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in 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 CE GA4.

#VU8498 Cross-site scripting in Liferay Enterprise Portal - CVE-2016-10404

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