# CVE-2011-1571: Liferay Portal vulnerable to arbitrary command injection

> Remote attackers can execute arbitrary commands in Liferay Portal via the XSL Content portlet when using Apache Tomcat.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not stated
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not stated
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 7 May 2011
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** CVE-2011-1501, GHSA-rpj9-pc39-h8j8

## What is CVE-2011-1571?

CVE-2011-1571 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Liferay Liferay Portal, published on 7 May 2011. It can be exploited over the network.

### Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in the XSL Content portlet in Liferay Portal Community Edition (CE) 5.x and 6.x before 6.0.6 GA, when Apache Tomcat is used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via unknown vectors.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1571?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay.portal:portal-service. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `com.liferay.portal:portal-service` | Maven | From 5.0.0 | 6.0.6-ga |
| `com.liferay.portal:portal-service` | Maven | From 5.0.0 | 6.0.6-ga |

Products: Liferay Liferay Portal.

## How do I fix CVE-2011-1571?

Upgrade com.liferay.portal:portal-service to 6.0.6-ga or later.

## Is CVE-2011-1571 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1571 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Liferay XSL - Command Execution (Metasploit) (github_poc): https://github.com/yazgx97/CVE-2011-1571
- Liferay XSL - Command Execution (Metasploit) (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Liferay Liferay Portal

- [CVE-2020-7961](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7961/): Liferay Portal Deserialization of Untrusted Data (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-33990](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-33990/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-16891](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-16891/): Liferay Portal Allows RCE via Deserialization of a JSON Payload (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-47797](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47797/): Liferay Portal XSS with `p_l_back_url_title` on edit content page (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2020-13445](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-13445/): Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2011-1571 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2011-1571 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Liferay Liferay Portal, published on 7 May 2011. It can be exploited over the network.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1571 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- com.liferay.portal:portal-service (Maven): affected from 5.0.0; fixed in 6.0.6-ga
- com.liferay.portal:portal-service (Maven): affected from 5.0.0; fixed in 6.0.6-ga

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1571/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1571/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1571
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1571
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-1571

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1571/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.