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Liferay Portal 6.2.0 CE GA1 Multiple XSS
medium Nessus Plugin ID 73521
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Synopsis
The remote web server contains a Java application that is affected by multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.Description
According to its self-reported version number, the version of Liferay Portal running on the remote host is 6.2.0. It is, therefore, potentially affected by the following cross-site scripting vulnerabilities :- Input passed from page titles is not sanitized before it is displayed in the Recycle Bin.
- Input passed from user profiles is not validated before being displayed in the Polls.
- Input passed from user profiles is not validated before being displayed in the History tab.
- Input passed from user profiles is not validated before displaying it to the admin.
- Input passed from user profiles is not validated before being displayed in the bookmarks.
- Input passed from the Look and Feel dialogs is not validated before being returned to the user.
- Input when displaying search results is not validated for various portlets.
- Input for scheduled publish-to-live events are not validated before being returned to users.
- Input from article titles is not validated before being displayed in the print mode.
- Input from page titles, when selecting a scope for a portlet, is not validated before being returned to the user.
- Input to the title of a post priority is not validated before being returned to the user.
- Input passed from page titles using the Site Map is not validated before being returned to the user.
- Input from page links in DDL is not validated before being returned to the user.
These flaws could allow a remote attacker with a specially crafted request to execute arbitrary code within the trust relationship between the browser and server.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues or determined if the patch has been applied but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Upgrade to Liferay Portal 6.2.1 or later.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 73521
File Name: liferay_6_2_1.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: remote
Family: CGI abuses : XSS
Published: 4/15/2014
Updated: 4/11/2022
Configuration: Enable thorough checks
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:liferay:portal
Required KB Items: www/liferay_portal
Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/13/2014
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2014
Reference Information
BID: 65553