Liferay Enterprise Portal 4.3.6 Monitoring cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Liferay Enterprise Portal 4.3.6. It has been rated as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Monitoring. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-0178. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Liferay Enterprise Portal 4.3.6. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Monitoring. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Enterprise Admin Session Monitoring component in Liferay Portal 4.3.6 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the User-Agent HTTP header.

The weakness was disclosed 02/04/2008 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-0178 since 01/09/2008. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (31082), SecurityFocus (BID 27547†) and Secunia (SA28742†). The entries VDB-40821, VDB-40820, VDB-40819 and VDB-40818 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/09/2008 🔍
01/31/2008 +22 days 🔍
02/04/2008 +4 days 🔍
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03/16/2015 +2597 days 🔍
08/03/2025 +3792 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-0178 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0178
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-40817
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SecurityFocus: 27547 - Liferay Enterprise Portal User-Agent HTTP Header Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 28742

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

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 08/03/2025 01:52
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (56), 11/09/2017 09:36 (1), 07/24/2024 22:45 (17), 08/03/2025 01:52 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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