Description

The Liferay JSON implementation do not check if a user that call a method on a serviceClass is disabled. Usually the default administrator user, test@liferay.com, is used to create a new administrator and disabled without to change the default password, so it is possible to use it to execute JSON API calls.

Remediation

Upgrade to the latest version of Liferay.

References

Liferay JSON service API authentication vulnerability

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Severity

High

Classification

CWE-287 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Authentication Bypass Known Vulnerabilities