GHSA-642h-mx8q-47p2 BIT-liferay-2022-42126 CVE-2022-42126
Missing permissions check in Liferay Portal
- Severity
- 4.3 / 10
- Medium · CVSS 3.1
- Exploit chance (EPSS)
- 0.69%
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 52.79% of scored vulnerabilities.
- Known exploited
- No
- Not in CISA's catalog
- Weakness
- CWE-280 Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control
- Fix
7.4.3.48- Upgrade com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom to this version or later
Description
The Asset Libraries module in Liferay Portal 7.3.5 through 7.4.3.28, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before update 8, and DXP 7.4 before update 29 does not properly check permissions of asset libraries, which allows remote authenticated users to view asset libraries via the UI.
Affected versions
Maven
| Package | Vulnerable | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom | >= 7.3.5, < 7.4.3.48 |
7.4.3.48 |
How to fix
Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven → 7.4.3.48
- maven
<dependency><groupId>com.liferay.portal</groupId><artifactId>release.portal.bom</artifactId><version>7.4.3.48</version></dependency>- gradle
implementation("com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom:7.4.3.48")
Severity breakdown
CVSS 3.1 4.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Weakness
CWE-280: Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges
The product does not handle or incorrectly handles when it has insufficient privileges to access resources or functionality as specified by their permissions. This may cause it to follow unexpected code paths that may leave the product in an invalid state.
How to prevent it
- Architecture and Design: Compartmentalize the system to have "safe" areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area. Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.
- Implementation: Always check to see if you have successfully accessed a resource or system functionality, and use proper error handling if it is unsuccessful. Do this even when you are operating in a highly privileged mode, because errors or environmental conditions might still cause a failure. For example, environments with highly granular permissions/privilege models, such as Windows or Linux capabilities, can cause unexpected failures.
CWE-284: Improper Access Control
The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
How to prevent it
- Architecture and Design, Operation: Very carefully manage the setting, management, and handling of privileges. Explicitly manage trust zones in the software.
- Architecture and Design: Compartmentalize the system to have "safe" areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area. Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.
References
Advisories
Other links
Timeline
- Published
- Last updated by the source
- Latest EPSS score
Related advisories
| Advisory | Severity | Why it's related |
|---|---|---|
| GHSA-2j97-4jmq-c4xf Liferay Portal Vulnerable to Reflected XSS via the selectedLanguageId Parameter | Medium | Also affects com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom |
| GHSA-56jv-4ww3-65mw Liferay Portal is vulnerable to XSS in the Blogs widget | Medium | Also affects com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom |
| GHSA-f5vh-4rj2-w8r8 Liferay Portal is vulnerable to DNS rebinding attacks | Medium | Also affects com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom |
| GHSA-8hw3-ghwv-crfh Liferay Portal vulnerable to password enumeration | Medium | Also affects com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom |
| GHSA-gv7w-jh8g-vr73 Liferay Portal Does Not Limit Access to APIs Before Email Verification | Medium | Also affects com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom |
| GHSA-gh4w-8qgq-8w9r Liferay Portal Vulnerable to CSRF in Headless APIs | Medium | Also affects com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom |
| GHSA-xcj6-xpjg-c4xr Liferay Portal Stores Password Reset Tokens in Plain Text | Medium | Also affects com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom |
| GHSA-vgqx-447m-wvcj Liferay Portal Vulnerable to DoS via Crafted Headless API Request | High | Also affects com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom |
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