Liferay Portal/DXP External URL HtmlUtil.escapeRedirect redirect

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Liferay Portal and DXP. Affected by this issue is the function HtmlUtil.escapeRedirect of the component External URL Handler. This manipulation causes redirect. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-25609. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Liferay Portal and DXP (the affected version is unknown). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function HtmlUtil.escapeRedirect of the component External URL Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a redirect vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

HtmlUtil.escapeRedirect in Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.4.3.12, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 9, 7.3 service pack 3, 7.2 fix pack 15 through 18, and older unsupported versions can be circumvented by using two forward slashes, which allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary external URLs via the (1) 'redirect` parameter (2) `FORWARD_URL` parameter, and (3) others parameters that rely on HtmlUtil.escapeRedirect. This vulnerability is the result of an incomplete fix in CVE-2022-28977.

The weakness was disclosed 02/20/2024. It is possible to read the advisory at liferay.dev. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-25609 since 02/08/2024. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1204.001 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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

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Class: Redirect
CWE: CWE-601
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

02/08/2024 🔍
02/20/2024 +12 days 🔍
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04/19/2025 +424 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: liferay.dev
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-25609 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-25609
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-254167

Entryinfo

Created: 02/20/2024 13:24
Updated: 04/19/2025 14:30
Changes: 02/20/2024 13:24 (48), 12/11/2024 20:11 (27), 04/19/2025 14:30 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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