Liferay Portal/DXP Workflow authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Liferay Portal and DXP. This affects an unknown part of the component Workflow. Such manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-38002. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Liferay Portal and DXP (affected version unknown). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Workflow. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-863. The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The workflow component in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.5, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.8, 7.4 GA through update 92 and 7.3 GA through update 36 does not properly check user permissions before updating a workflow definition, which allows remote authenticated users to modify workflow definitions and execute arbitrary code (RCE) via the headless API.

The advisory is shared for download at liferay.dev. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-38002 since 06/11/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2024-37060). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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NVD Base Score: 8.8
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CNA Base Score: 9.0
CNA Vector (Liferay): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-863 / CWE-285 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

06/11/2024 🔍
10/22/2024 +133 days 🔍
10/22/2024 +0 days 🔍
08/22/2025 +304 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: liferay.dev
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-38002 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-38002
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-281492
EUVD: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 10/22/2024 17:27
Updated: 08/22/2025 13:56
Changes: 10/22/2024 17:27 (62), 10/30/2024 16:09 (12), 08/22/2025 13:56 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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