CVE-2020-28884 Command injection in n/a
Administrators can execute arbitrary OS commands via Groovy script injection, though the vendor disputes this as intended functionality.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-28884?
CVE-2020-28884 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Liferay Liferay Portal, published on 28 Jan 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Liferay Portal Server tested on 7.3.5 GA6, 7.2.0 GA1 is affected by OS Command Injection. An administrator user can inject Groovy script to execute any OS command on the Liferay Portal Sever. NOTE: The developer disputes this as a vulnerability since it is a feature for administrators to run groovy scripts and therefore not a design flaw.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-28884?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2020-28884?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-28884 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2020-28884 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-28884 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2020-7961 Liferay Portal Deserialization of Untrusted Data
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- CVE-2019-16891 Liferay Portal Allows RCE via Deserialization of a JSON Payload
- CVE-2023-47797 Liferay Portal XSS with `p_l_back_url_title` on edit content page
- CVE-2020-13445 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9xmw-jrc5-v3fp.