Denial of service in Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU86266

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-25144

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the IFrame widget. A remote user can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Liferay Enterprise Portal: 7.2 - 7.4.3.26 ga26

Liferay DXP: before 7.2 fix pack 19

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.3.7:ga8:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.4.3.26:ga26:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_dxp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2024-25144

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.