CVE-2020-7961: Liferay Portal Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability
Critical · CVSS 9.8 (CVSS 3.1)KEV known exploitedEPSS 99.9%, 100th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: mitre
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: Liferay Portal Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Unknown.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Liferay Portal prior to 7.2.1 CE GA2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via JSON web services (JSONWS).
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Liferay: Liferay Portal
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/157254/Liferay-Portal-Java-Unmarshalling-Remote-Code-Execution.… (opens in new tab)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/158392/Liferay-Portal-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in new tab)
- portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities (opens in new tab)
- portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/c… (opens in new tab)
- research.checkpoint.com/2021/freakout-leveraging-newest-vulnerabilities-for-creating-a-botnet… (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)