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URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

CVE-2023-5190

Medium
6.1/10

Summary

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference(XXE) vulnerability in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.45 through 7.4.3.101, and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 4, 7.3 before update 12, 7.2 before fix pack 20, and older unsupported versions allows attackers with permission to deploy "widgets/portlets/extensions" to obtain sensitive information or consume system resources via the "Java2WsddTask._format" method.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • LOW
  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE

CWE-601 - Open Redirect

An open redirect attack employs a URL parameter, HTML refresh tags, or a DOM based location change to exploit the trust of a vulnerable domain to direct the users to a malicious website. The attack could lead to higher severity vulnerabilities such as unauthorized access control, account takeover, XSS, and more.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published