Liferay Liferay Enterprise Portal 4.3.1 emailAddress cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Liferay Liferay Enterprise Portal 4.3.1. Affected is an unknown function of the component Enterprise Portal. Executing a manipulation of the argument emailAddress can lead to cross site scripting. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-6173. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Liferay Liferay Enterprise Portal 4.3.1 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Enterprise Portal. The manipulation of the argument emailAddress with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in c/portal/login in Liferay Enterprise Portal 4.3.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the emailAddress parameter in a Send New Password action, a different vector than CVE-2007-6055. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

The weakness was shared 11/27/2007 by Joshua Morin (Website). The advisory is available at vupen.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-6173 since 11/29/2007. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (30817), SecurityFocus (BID 26606†), OSVDB (38891†), Secunia (SA34714†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1022063†). The entries VDB-39779 and VDB-47773 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Joshua Morin
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-6173 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-6173
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-39874
SecurityFocus: 26606 - Liferay Portal Forgot-Password Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 34714 - Novell Teaming User Enumeration and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 38891 - Liferay Portal c/portal/login emailAddress Parameter XSS
SecurityTracker: 1022063 - Novell Teaming Input Validation Flaw Permits Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
Vupen: ADV-2007-4027

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 09/30/2025 17:18
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (63), 11/05/2017 08:23 (8), 09/30/2025 17:18 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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