CVE-2024-25608 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP's HtmlUtil.escapeRedirect Can Be Circumvented via Replacement Character
Attackers can bypass redirect protections to send users to malicious external URLs via specific parameters in Liferay Portal.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-25608?
CVE-2024-25608 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 20 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
HtmlUtil.escapeRedirect in Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.4.3.18, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 19, 7.3 before update 4, 7.2 before fix pack 19, and older unsupported versions can be circumvented by using the 'REPLACEMENT CHARACTER' (U+FFFD), which allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary external URLs via the (1) 'redirect` parameter (2) `FORWARD_URL` parameter, (3) `noSuchEntryRedirect` parameter, and (4) others parameters that rely on HtmlUtil.escapeRedirect.
Weakness: CWE-601
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-25608?
8 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.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | All versions | 7.2.10.fp19 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | All versions | 7.2.10.fp19 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.3.0 | 7.3.10.u4 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.3.0 | 7.3.10.u4 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.4.0 | 7.4.13.u19 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.4.0 | 7.4.13.u19 |
2 more packages
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven | From 7.2.0 | 7.4.3.19-ga19 |
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven | From 7.2.0 | 7.4.3.19-ga19 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2024-25608?
Upgrade com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom to a fixed version for your release line: 7.2.10.fp19, 7.3.10.u4 or 7.4.13.u19.
Is CVE-2024-25608 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-25608 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template.
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-548x-j6x6-hcv4.