Liferay Portal PCE contains multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities

Overview

Liferay Portal versions 6.1.2 CE GA3, 6.1.X EE, 6.2.X EE, Master contain multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities

Description

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (‘Cross-site Scripting’)- CVE-2014-2963

Liferay is affected by a Persistent Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in the “my account area”.
The specific versions affected are: Liferay Portal Community Edition 6.1.2 CE GA3, 6.1.X EE, 6.2.X EE, Master
Three instances of this issue were identified, at the following locations/parameters:

/group/control_panel/manage [_2_firstName parameter] /group/control_panel/manage [_2_lastName parameter] /group/control_panel/manage [_2_middleName parameter]

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Impact

An attacker with access to the Liferay Portal “my account area” or by tricking a logged in user to visit a specially crafted URL, can conduct a cross-site scripting attack, which could be used to result in information leakage, privilege escalation, and/or denial of service.

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Solution

Apply an Update
This vulnerability was addressed on 06/04/14, bug id LPS-46156.

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Vendor Information

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Liferay, Inc. Affected

Notified: May 07, 2014 Updated: July 09, 2014

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

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Vendor Information

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CVSS Metrics

Group	Score	Vector
Base	3.5	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
Temporal	2.7	E:POC/RL:OF/RC:ND
Environmental	2.0	CDP:N/TD:M/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND

References

• <https://github.com/samuelkong/liferay-portal&gt;
• <http://www.liferay.com/&gt;

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Simone Cecchini from Verizon Enterprise Solutions GCIS Threat and Vulnerability Management for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Chris King.

Other Information

CVE IDs:	CVE-2014-2963
Date Public:	2014-07-09 Date First Published: