CVE-2024-25609 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP's HtmlUtil.escapeRedirect Can Be Circumvented via Two Forward Slashes
Attackers can bypass redirect protections to send users to malicious external URLs via crafted 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-2024-25609?
CVE-2024-25609 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 7.4.3.12, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 9, 7.3 service pack 3, 7.2 fix pack 15 through 18, and older unsupported versions can be circumvented by using two forward slashes, which allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary external URLs via the (1) 'redirect` parameter (2) `FORWARD_URL` parameter, and (3) others parameters that rely on HtmlUtil.escapeRedirect. This vulnerability is the result of an incomplete fix in CVE-2022-28977.
Weakness: CWE-601
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-25609?
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.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.2.10.fp15 to 7.2.10.fp18 | None |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.2.10.fp15 to 7.2.10.fp18 | None |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.4.0 | 7.4.13.u9 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.4.0 | 7.4.13.u9 |
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven | From 7.2.0 | 7.4.3.13-ga13 |
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven | From 7.2.0 | 7.4.3.13-ga13 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2024-25609?
Upgrade com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom to 7.4.13.u9 or later.
Is CVE-2024-25609 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-25609 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-3qq5-wcrx-4h8r.