Liferay Enterprise Portal 'User-Agent' HTTP Header Script Injection Vulnerability

BID:27550

Info

Liferay Enterprise Portal 'User-Agent' HTTP Header Script Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 27550
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2008-0179
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 31 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 31 2008 10:57PM
Credit: Tomasz Kuczynski is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Liferay Enterprise Portal 4.3.6
Liferay Enterprise Portal 4.3.1
Liferay Enterprise Portal 4.1.3
Liferay Enterprise Portal 4.1.1
Liferay Enterprise Portal 4.1
Liferay Enterprise Portal 3.6.1
Liferay Enterprise Portal 2.2 .0
Liferay Enterprise Portal 2.1.1
Liferay Enterprise Portal 2.1 .0
Liferay Enterprise Portal 2.0 .x
Liferay Enterprise Portal 1.x
Liferay Enterprise Portal
Not Vulnerable: Liferay Enterprise Portal 4.4
Liferay Enterprise Portal 4.3.7

Discussion

Liferay Enterprise Portal 'User-Agent' HTTP Header Script Injection Vulnerability

Liferay Enterprise Portal is prone to a script-code-injection vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to inject arbitrary script code into 'Forgot Password' emails sent by the affected application. This may help the attacker obtain potentially sensitive information that can aid in other attacks.

Versions prior to Liferay Enterprise Portal 4.4.0 and 4.3.7 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

Liferay Enterprise Portal 'User-Agent' HTTP Header Script Injection Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue using a browser.

Solution / Fix

Liferay Enterprise Portal 'User-Agent' HTTP Header Script Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor released fixes and an advisory to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


Liferay Enterprise Portal 4.3.6

References

Liferay Enterprise Portal 'User-Agent' HTTP Header Script Injection Vulnerability

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