Liferay Portal up to 6.0.5 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Liferay Portal up to 6.0.5. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-1570. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Liferay Portal up to 6.0.5. This issue affects an unknown code block. 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 Liferay Portal Community Edition (CE) 6.x before 6.0.6 GA, when Apache Tomcat is used, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a message title, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-2030.

The weakness was disclosed 05/07/2011 by Nicolas Gregoire (oss-sec). The advisory is shared at openwall.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-1570 since 04/05/2011. The attack may be initiated remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. 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.

A public exploit has been developed in Ruby. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 59230 (Liferay Portal < 6.0.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses.

Upgrading to version 6.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (59230), SecurityFocus (BID 47082†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-35255†). The entries VDB-57378, VDB-57376, VDB-57375 and VDB-57374 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.2

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
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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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Nessus ID: 59230
Nessus Name: Liferay Portal < 6.0.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Portal 6.0.1

Timelineinfo

03/29/2011 🔍
04/05/2011 +7 days 🔍
05/07/2011 +32 days 🔍
05/07/2011 +0 days 🔍
05/07/2011 +0 days 🔍
06/05/2012 +395 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +1021 days 🔍
11/06/2021 +2420 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: openwall.com
Researcher: Nicolas Gregoire
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-1570 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-1570
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-57377
SecurityFocus: 47082 - Liferay Portal Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 35255 - Liferay Portal Community Edition 6.* Before 6.0.6 GA on Apache Tomcat XSS Vulnerability, Low

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

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/06/2021 05:40
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (54), 04/13/2017 13:01 (14), 11/06/2021 05:40 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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