GHSA-hwp2-gvm5-452f

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    GHSA-hwp2-gvm5-452f

    Published: 24 May 2022Last Modified: 28 Apr 2025
    Aliases:
    CVE-2019-6588

    Summary: Liferay Portal Allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via the SimpleCaptcha API

    Details: In Liferay Portal before 7.1 CE GA4, an XSS vulnerability exists in the SimpleCaptcha API when custom code passes unsanitized input into the "url" parameter of the JSP taglib call <liferay-ui:captcha url="<%= url %>" /> or <liferay-captcha:captcha url="<%= url %>" />. Liferay Portal out-of-the-box behavior with no customizations is not vulnerable.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6588, https://dev.liferay.com/web/community-security-team/known-vulnerabilities/liferay-portal-71/-/asset_publisher/7v4O7y85hZMo/content/cst-7130-multiple-xss-vulnerabilities-in-7-1-ce-ga3, https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153252/Liferay-Portal-7.1-CE-GA4-Cross-Site-Scripting.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom

    Purl: pkg:maven/com.liferay.portal/release.portal.bom

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7.1.0

    Affected versions

    7.0.6
    7.0.6-1
    7.0.6-2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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