CVE-2020-15840: Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Bypass via Double Encoded URL

CVE-2020-15840 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2022-05-24

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Bypass via Double Encoded URL

Technologies: com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (Maven), com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven), com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven). Vendors: Maven.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2020-15840 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2020-15840 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2020-15840?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 24 May 2022.
Which products and versions are affected?
com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=7.2.0,fixed=7.4.0; com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=7.0.10.fp93; com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=7.3.1.
Is there a fix for CVE-2020-15840?
Yes. com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (Maven): upgrade to 7.4.0 or later; com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven): upgrade to 7.0.10.fp93 or later; com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven): upgrade to 7.3.1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2020-15840?
Check whether you run com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (Maven), com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven) or com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (Maven): upgrade to 7.4.0 or later
    # set com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl to 7.4.0 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  • com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven): upgrade to 7.0.10.fp93 or later
    # set com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom to 7.0.10.fp93 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  • com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven): upgrade to 7.3.1 or later
    # set com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom to 7.3.1 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Affected products

  • com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=7.2.0,fixed=7.4.0
  • com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=7.0.10.fp93
  • com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=7.3.1

Identifiers

  • CVE-2020-15840
  • GHSA-vrwx-q9pj-x488

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