CVE-2020-28884

Description

Liferay Portal Server tested on 7.3.5 GA6, 7.2.0 GA1 is affected by OS Command Injection. An administrator user can inject Groovy script to execute any OS command on the Liferay Portal Sever. NOTE: The developer disputes this as a vulnerability since it is a feature for administrators to run groovy scripts and therefore not a design flaw.

Category

7.2
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.84% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory liferay.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://medium.com/%40tranpdanh/some-way-to-execute-os-command-in-liferay-portal-84498bde18d3
https://learn.liferay.com/dxp/latest/en/system-administration/using-the-script-engine/running-scripts-from-the-script-console.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-28884?
CVE-2020-28884 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-28884?
To fix CVE-2020-28884, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-28884 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2020-28884 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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