Liferay Portal < 5.2.3 'exportFileName' File Creation Remote Code Execution

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5859

Synopsis

The remote web server hosts a web application that is vulnerable to a code execution attack.

Description

The remote web server hosts Liferay Portal, a web portal for building business solutions.

Versions of Liferay Portal earlier than 5.3.2 are potentially affected by a code execution vulnerability in the Liferay Calendar module. A remote attacker, who gains poweruser access, can execute arbitrary JSP code on the remote host.

Solution

Upgrade to Liferay Portal 5.2.3 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 5859

Family: CGI

Published: 3/30/2011

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2010

Reference Information

BID: 42429

Detections

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