Denial of service in Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU86717

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 1.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26265

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 the image uploader module relies on a request parameter to limit the size of files that can be uploaded. A remote user can modify the "maxFileSize" parameter and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Liferay Enterprise Portal: 7.0 CE GA5 - 7.4.3.15 ga15

Liferay DXP: 7.0 fix pack 83 - 7.4 update 10

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• 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:7.4.3.15:ga15:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_dxp:7.0:fix pack 83:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_dxp:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_dxp:7.1:fix pack 18:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2024-26265

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.