CVE-2024-25143 Liferay Portal denial of service (memory consumption)
Authenticated attackers can cause denial of service via memory exhaustion by uploading crafted PNG images to the Document and Media widget.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-25143?
CVE-2024-25143 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 7 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Document and Media widget In Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.3.6, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before service pack 3, 7.2 before fix pack 13, and older unsupported versions, does not limit resource consumption when generating a preview image, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted PNG images.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-25143?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven | From 7.2.0 | 7.3.7 |
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven | From 7.2.0 | 7.3.7 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2024-25143?
Upgrade com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom to 7.3.7 or later.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-25143 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-25143 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
- CVE-2023-42496 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting
- CVE-2023-42498 Liferay Portal Language Override edit screen and Liferay DXP vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting
- CVE-2024-25147 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
- CVE-2024-26269 Liferay Portal Frontend JS module's portlet.js and Liferay DXP vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
Sources
Also known as GHSA-87m3-6qj3-p3xh.