CVE-2023-33947 Liferay portal has unauthorized access to object definition via search

What is CVE-2023-33947?

CVE-2023-33947 is a low-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 24 May 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Object module in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.4 through 7.4.3.60, and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 61 does not segment object definition by virtual instance in search which allows remote authenticated users in one virtual instance to view object definition from a second virtual instance by searching for the object definition.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-33947?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom and liferay. It affects 2 products.

Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.

How do I fix CVE-2023-33947?

Upgrade com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom to 7.4.3.61 or later.

Is CVE-2023-33947 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-33947 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Liferay Digital Experience Platform

• CVE-2024-8980 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to CSRF in the Script Console Critical 9.6
• CVE-2023-42496 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting Critical 9.6
• CVE-2023-42498 Liferay Portal Language Override edit screen and Liferay DXP vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting Critical 9.6
• CVE-2024-25147 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting Critical 9.6
• CVE-2024-26269 Liferay Portal Frontend JS module's portlet.js and Liferay DXP vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting Critical 9.6

All Liferay Digital Experience Platform vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BIT-liferay-2023-33947, GHSA-769c-p92r-xgxj.