GHSA-w7pm-cc4v-f3g8

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    GHSA-w7pm-cc4v-f3g8

    Published: 24 May 2022Last Modified: 22 Oct 2025
    Aliases:
    CVE-2020-7961

    Summary: Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Liferay Portal

    Details: 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).

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7961, https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal, https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/blob/7.2.1-ga2/portal-kernel/bnd.bnd, https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities, https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/117954271, https://research.checkpoint.com/2021/freakout-leveraging-newest-vulnerabilities-for-creating-a-botnet, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-7961, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157254/Liferay-Portal-Java-Unmarshalling-Remote-Code-Execution.html, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158392/Liferay-Portal-Remote-Code-Execution.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.kernel

    Purl: pkg:maven/com.liferay.portal/com.liferay.portal.kernel

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.35.3

    Affected versions

    1.0.0
    1.0.1
    1.0.2
    1.0.3

    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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