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Improper Access Control

CVE-2023-33946

Severity Medium
Score 4.3/10

Summary

The Object module in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.4 through 7.4.3.48, and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 49 does properly isolate objects in different virtual instances, which allows remote authenticated users in one virtual instance to view objects in a different virtual instance via OAuth 2 scope administration page.

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  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
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CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Listed 5th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', improper (or broken) access control attacks are a fundamental type of vulnerability. This includes a broad range of design flaws that enable users to act outside of their intended permissions. They can use these privileges to gain access to restricted files and functionality such as accessing restricted information, falsifying records, destroying data, or executing commands.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published