Liferay Portal/DXP External URL redirect

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Liferay Portal and DXP. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component External URL Handler. The manipulation of the argument _com_liferay_address_web_internal_portlet_CountriesManagementAdminPortlet_redirect results in redirect. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2023-5190. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Liferay Portal and DXP (affected version unknown). Affected is an unknown functionality of the component External URL Handler. The manipulation of the argument _com_liferay_address_web_internal_portlet_CountriesManagementAdminPortlet_redirect with an unknown input leads to a redirect vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-601. A web application accepts a user-controlled input that specifies a link to an external site, and uses that link in a Redirect. This simplifies phishing attacks. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

Open redirect vulnerability in the Countries Management’s edit region page in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.45 through 7.4.3.101, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3 before patch 6, and 7.4 update 45 through 92 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary external URLs via the _com_liferay_address_web_internal_portlet_CountriesManagementAdminPortlet_redirect parameter.

The weakness was released 02/20/2024. The advisory is shared for download at liferay.dev. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-5190 since 09/26/2023. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1204.001.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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CNA Base Score: 6.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Redirect
CWE: CWE-601
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

09/26/2023 🔍
02/20/2024 +147 days 🔍
02/20/2024 +0 days 🔍
04/19/2025 +424 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: liferay.dev
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-5190 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-5190
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-254136

Entryinfo

Created: 02/20/2024 07:59
Updated: 04/19/2025 15:54
Changes: 02/20/2024 07:59 (48), 01/29/2025 07:44 (27), 04/19/2025 15:54 (3)
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