VDB-158811 · CVE-2020-15841 · GCVE-0-2020-15841

Liferay Portal/Liferay DXP LDAP Server Connection Password information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component LDAP Server Connection Handler. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure (Password). This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2020-15841. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP (affected version not known). It has been classified as problematic. This affects some unknown functionality of the component LDAP Server Connection Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Password). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Liferay Portal before 7.3.0, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 89, 7.1 before fix pack 17, and 7.2 before fix pack 4, does not safely test a connection to a LDAP server, which allows remote attackers to obtain the LDAP server's password via the Test LDAP Connection feature.

The weakness was released 07/20/2020 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at issues.liferay.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-15841 since 07/20/2020. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-158812. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Enterprise Resource Planning Software

Name

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

VulDB Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Temp Score: 3.6
VulDB Vector: 🔍
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NVD Base Score: 8.8
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CNA Base Score: 8.3
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Password
Class: Information disclosure / Password
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

07/20/2020 🔍
07/20/2020 +0 days 🔍
07/20/2020 +0 days 🔍
05/14/2025 +1758 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: issues.liferay.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-15841 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-15841
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-158811
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/20/2020 07:53
Updated: 05/14/2025 01:06
Changes: 07/20/2020 07:53 (38), 07/20/2020 07:58 (11), 11/04/2020 21:21 (1), 05/14/2025 01:06 (40)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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