Actively exploited in the wild
Liferay Portal Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability
Liferay - Liferay Portal · Listed in the CISA KEV since 2021-11-03. This indicates confirmed attacks in production environments.
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CVE-2020-7961
CriticalCVSS 9.8KEVSummary
Deserialization of untrusted data in Liferay Portal prior to 7.2.1 CE GA2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via JSON web services (JSONWS).
Risk Assessment
An attacker can remotely take control of the Liferay server, leading to full system compromise and potential data leakage.
Recommendation
Update Liferay Portal to version 7.2.1 CE GA2 or later to eliminate the vulnerability.
Other vulnerabilities in Liferay Portal
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Liferay Portal through 6.2.10 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary shell commands via a crafted Velocity template.
- CVE-2022-42122Critical
A SQL injection vulnerability in the Friendly Url module in Liferay Portal 7.3.7 and Liferay DXP 7.3 fix pack 2 through update 4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a crafted payload injected into the `title` field of a friendly URL.
- CVE-2022-42120Critical
A SQL injection vulnerability in the Fragment module in Liferay Portal 7.3.3 through 7.4.3.16, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before update 4, and 7.4 before update 17 allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a PortletPreferences' `namespace` attribute.
- CVE-2022-42132Medium
In Liferay Portal and DXP, the Test LDAP Users functionality exposes LDAP credentials in the page URL when paginating through the user list. Man-in-the-middle attackers or those with access to request logs can capture these credentials.
- CVE-2022-42131Medium
Liferay products are missing SSL certificate validation in the Dynamic Data Mapping module's REST data providers. This affects Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.4.2 and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 27, 7.2 before fix pack 17, and 7.3 before service pack 3.
- CVE-2022-42130Medium
The Dynamic Data Mapping module in Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.4.3.4, and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 27, 7.2 before fix pack 19, 7.3 before update 4, and 7.4 GA does not properly check permission of form entries, which allows remote authenticated users to view and access all form entries.
- CVE-2022-42129Medium
An IDOR vulnerability in the Dynamic Data Mapping module in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 through 7.4.3.4, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before update 4, and 7.4 GA allows remote authenticated users to view and access form entries via the `formInstanceRecordId` parameter.
- CVE-2022-42128Medium
The Hypermedia REST APIs module in Liferay Portal 7.4.1 through 7.4.3.4 and Liferay DXP 7.4 GA does not properly check permissions, allowing remote attackers to obtain a WikiNode object via the WikiNodeResource.getSiteWikiNodeByExternalReferenceCode API.
- CVE-2022-42127Medium
The Friendly Url module in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.5 through 7.4.3.36 and Liferay DXP 7.4 update 1 through 36 does not properly check user permissions, allowing remote attackers to obtain the history of all friendly URLs assigned to a page.
- CVE-2022-42126Medium
The Asset Libraries module in Liferay Portal 7.3.5 through 7.4.3.28, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before update 8, and DXP 7.4 before update 29 does not properly check permissions of asset libraries, allowing remote authenticated users to view asset libraries via the UI.
Original NVD description (English source)
Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Liferay Portal prior to 7.2.1 CE GA2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via JSON web services (JSONWS).