CSRF bypass in Liferay Portal

1) Cross-site request forgery

EUVDB-ID: #VU99282

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 7.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26272

CWE-ID: CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin in the content page editor. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website and change user passwords, shut down the server, execute arbitrary code in the scripting console, and perform other administrative actions via the p_l_back_url parameter.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Liferay Enterprise Portal: 7.3 - 7.4.3.107 ga107

Liferay DXP: before 7.3 Update 36

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.3.7:ga8:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.4.3.107:ga107:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_dxp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2024-26272

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.