CVE-2024-25151 Liferay Portal Calendar module and Liferay DXP vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting, content spoofing

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Authenticated users can inject scripts into calendar notification emails, potentially leading to XSS or content spoofing in Liferay Portal.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2024-25151?

CVE-2024-25151 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 21 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The Calendar module in Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.4.2, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before service pack 3, 7.2 before fix pack 15, and older unsupported versions does not escape user supplied data in the default notification email template, which allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the title of a calendar event or the user's name. This may lead to a content spoofing or cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks depending on the capability of the receiver's mail client.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-25151?

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

PackageAffectedFixed in
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom MavenFrom 7.2.07.2.10.fp15
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom MavenFrom 7.2.07.2.10.fp15
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom MavenFrom 7.3.07.3.10.u4
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom MavenFrom 7.3.07.3.10.u4
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom MavenAll versions7.4.3.4
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom MavenAll versions7.4.3.4

Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.

How do I fix CVE-2024-25151?

Upgrade com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom to a fixed version for your release line: 7.2.10.fp15 or 7.3.10.u4.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2024-25151 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-25151 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Liferay Digital Experience Platform vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hgr6-6hhw-883f.

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