CVE-2019-6588

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.

CVSS v3.0 NVD

4.7 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2.0 NVD

2.6 LOWAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS

2.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 83rd percentile

Published

2019-06-03

Updated

2024-08-04

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46983

Security advisories

• https://dev.liferay.com/web/community-security-team/known-vulnerabilities/liferay-portal-…
• advisories/GHSA-hwp2-gvm5-452f

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry