Liferay Portal CE up to 7.2.1 MyAccountPortlet First Name/Middle Name/Last Nam Persistent cross site scripting

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A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Liferay Portal CE up to 7.2.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component MyAccountPortlet. Such manipulation of the argument First Name/Middle Name/Last Nam leads to cross site scripting (Persistent). This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-7934. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Liferay Portal CE up to 7.2.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component MyAccountPortlet. The manipulation of the argument First Name/Middle Name/Last Nam with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Persistent). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

In LifeRay Portal CE 7.1.0 through 7.2.1, the First Name, Middle Name, and Last Name fields for user accounts in MyAccountPortlet are all vulnerable to a persistent XSS issue. Any user can modify these fields with a particular XSS payload, and it will be stored in the database. The payload will then be rendered when a user utilizes the search feature to search for other users (i.e., if a user with modified fields occurs in the search results).

The weakness was shared 01/28/2020. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-7934 since 01/23/2020. The attack may be launched remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (49091). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• Enterprise Resource Planning Software

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• Liferay

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• Portal CE

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• 7.2.0
• 7.2.1

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• open-source

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