9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
10 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.975 High
EPSS
Percentile
100.0%
Liferay Portal is prone to multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities
in the JSON web service.
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#
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#
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# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
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#
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CPE = "cpe:/a:liferay:liferay_portal";
if (description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.143624");
script_version("2022-08-09T10:11:17+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-08-09 10:11:17 +0000 (Tue, 09 Aug 2022)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2020-03-23 04:50:18 +0000 (Mon, 23 Mar 2020)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-01-30 02:31:00 +0000 (Sat, 30 Jan 2021)");
script_xref(name:"CISA", value:"Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) catalog");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog");
script_cve_id("CVE-2020-7961");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Liferay Portal JSON Web Service RCE Vulnerabilities (CST-7111, CST-7205)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("gb_liferay_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("liferay/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Liferay Portal is prone to multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities
in the JSON web service.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following flaws exist:
- CST-7111: RCE via JSON deserialization (LPS-88051/LPE-165981)
The JSONDeserializer of Flexjson allows the instantiation of arbitrary classes and the invocation of
arbitrary setter methods.
- CST-7205: Unauthenticated Remote code execution via JSONWS (LPS-97029/CVE-2020-7961)
The JSONWebServiceActionParametersMap of Liferay Portal allows the instantiation of arbitrary classes
and invocation of arbitrary setter methods.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Liferay Portal version 7.2.0 and prior.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 7.2.1 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/113765197");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/117954271");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPS-88051");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-16598");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPS-97029");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://liferay.dev/blogs/-/blogs/security-patches-for-liferay-portal-6-2-7-0-and-7-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://liferay.dev/blogs/-/blogs/liferay-portal-7-2-ce-ga2-release");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://codewhitesec.blogspot.com/2020/03/liferay-portal-json-vulns.html");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "7.2.1")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "7.2.1", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
codewhitesec.blogspot.com/2020/03/liferay-portal-json-vulns.html
issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-16598
issues.liferay.com/browse/LPS-88051
issues.liferay.com/browse/LPS-97029
liferay.dev/blogs/-/blogs/liferay-portal-7-2-ce-ga2-release
liferay.dev/blogs/-/blogs/security-patches-for-liferay-portal-6-2-7-0-and-7-1
portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/113765197
portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/117954271
www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) catalog
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
10 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.975 High
EPSS
Percentile
100.0%