Vulnerability · Published May 24, 2023 · Assigned by Liferay

CVE-2023-33945

Medium 6.4

In plain English

A medium-severity SQL injection 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 0.5% (higher than 46% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 53.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

SQL injection vulnerability in the upgrade process for SQL Server in Liferay Portal 7.3.1 through 7.4.3.17, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before update 6, and 7.4 before update 18 allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the name of a database table's primary key index. This vulnerability is only exploitable when chained with other attacks. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must modify the database and wait for the application to be upgraded.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Mavencom.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom7.4.3.18GHSA-g7vw-43xg-8m4h

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Liferay Portal 7.3.1 – through 7.4.3.17
Liferay DXP 7.3.10 – through 7.3.10.u57.4.13 – through 7.4.13.u17

Weakness: CWE-89 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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