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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.1

CVE-2024-25609 json

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP's HtmlUtil.escapeRedirect Can Be Circumvented via Two Forward Slashes

published 2024-02-20 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-3qq5-wcrx-4h8r , EUVD-2024-22932

cvss
6.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 29%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • maven com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom 7.4.3.13-ga13
  • maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom 7.4.13.u9
  • liferay digital_experience_platform 7.2
  • liferay liferay_portal 7.4.3.13

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
GitHub 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom
>=7.2.0, <7.4.3.13-ga13
7.4.3.13-ga13
maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom
>=7.2.10.fp15, <=7.2.10.fp18
>=7.4.0, <7.4.13.u9
7.4.13.u9

Affected products

  • Liferay Portal
  • Liferay DXP

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-601 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site

References

Sources

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