SB2024102348 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Liferay Portal



SB2024102348 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Liferay Portal

Published: October 23, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2024102348
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
  • Low
  • Medium
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  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26271)

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 My Account widget. 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 _com_liferay_my_account_web_portlet_MyAccountPortlet_backURL parameter..


2) Missing Authorization (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-38002)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to missing permissions check before updating a workflow definition. A remote user can modify workflow definitions and execute arbitrary code (RCE) via the headless API.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.