CVE-2008-0563 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published 4 Feb 2008 Updated 16 Sep 2024

Remote attackers can perform actions as authenticated users via CSRF in Liferay Portal's forgot password email composition.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2008-0563?

CVE-2008-0563 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Feb 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in service/impl/UserLocalServiceImpl.java in Liferay Portal 4.3.6 allows remote attackers to perform unspecified actions as unspecified authenticated users via the User-Agent HTTP header, which is used when composing Forgot Password e-mail messages in HTML format.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0563?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Liferay Liferay Enterprise Portal.

How do I fix CVE-2008-0563?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-0563 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2008-0563 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-0563 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-pc3p-r5pr-cv9v.