Vulnerability · Published Feb 20, 2024 · Assigned by Liferay
CVE-2024-25608
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity open redirect in DXP from Liferay. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 62% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
HtmlUtil.escapeRedirect in Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.4.3.18, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 19, 7.3 before update 4, 7.2 before fix pack 19, and older unsupported versions can be circumvented by using the 'REPLACEMENT CHARACTER' (U+FFFD), which allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary external URLs via the (1) 'redirect` parameter (2) `FORWARD_URL` parameter, (3) `noSuchEntryRedirect` parameter, and (4) others parameters that rely on HtmlUtil.escapeRedirect.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom | 7.2.10.fp19 | GHSA-548x-j6x6-hcv4 |
| Maven | com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom | 7.3.10.u4 | GHSA-548x-j6x6-hcv4 |
| Maven | com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom | 7.4.13.u19 | GHSA-548x-j6x6-hcv4 |
| Maven | com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom | 7.4.3.19-ga19 | GHSA-548x-j6x6-hcv4 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-601 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N