Liferay Portal Forgot-Password Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	26606
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2007-6173 CVE-2009-1294
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Nov 27 2007 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 16 2009 06:46PM
Credit:	Joshua Morin is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Novell Teaming + Conferencing 0 Novell Teaming 1.0 SP3 Novell Teaming 1.0 SP2 Novell Teaming 1.0 SP1 Novell Teaming 1.0 Liferay Enterprise Portal 4.3.1
Not Vulnerable:

Liferay Portal Forgot-Password Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Liferay Portal is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Liferay Portal 4.3.1 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Liferay Portal Forgot-Password Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

The following examples are available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/26606.html

Liferay Portal Forgot-Password Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Liferay Portal Forgot-Password Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Liferay Homepage (Liferay)
  
• Liferay Enterprise Portal multiple XSS ([email protected])
  
• SEC Consult SA-20090415-0 :: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Novell Teaming (Bernhard Mueller )
  
• 7002999: Novell Teaming Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability fix (Novell)