Liferay Portal Insecure Deserialization (CST-7213)

high Nessus Plugin ID 151011

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Synopsis

An application running on a remote web server host is affected by an insecure deserialization vulnerability

Description

Liferay Portal before 7.3.0, 7.1 before fix pack 17, and 7.2 before fix pack 5, allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted serialized payloads, because of insecure deserialization.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 151011

File Name: liferay_cst-7213.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 6/25/2021

Updated: 6/5/2024

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode, Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15842

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:liferay:portal

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, installed_sw/liferay_portal

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/9/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15842

IAVA: 2021-A-0296-S

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