Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Workflow Component Does Not Check User Permissions

published 2024-10-22 2 y ago modified 2026-11-09 5 h ago also EUVD-2024-37060 , GHSA-3mfq-fp2f-vwqh

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 51%
public exploits: 0; none known

The workflow component in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.5, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.8, 7.4 GA through update 92 and 7.3 GA through update 36 does not properly check user permissions before updating a workflow definition, which allows remote non-authenticated users to modify workflow definitions and execute arbitrary code (RCE) via the headless API.

Patch / fix

fixed in 4

maven com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom 7.4.3.112-ga112
maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom 7.3.10.u36, 7.4.13.u92, 2023.Q3.9, 2023.Q4.6
liferay digital_experience_platform 2023.q3.9, 2023.q4.6
liferay liferay_portal 7.4.3.112

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 14 mo ago (2025-08-21)

Exploit prediction

0.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	9.3	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L
GitHub	3.1	9.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	4.0	9.3	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom	>=7.3.2-ga3, <7.4.3.112-ga112	7.4.3.112-ga112
maven	com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom	>=2023.Q4.0, <2023.Q4.6 >=2023.Q3.1, <2023.Q3.9 >=7.3-ga, <7.3.10.u36 >=7.4-ga, <7.4.13.u92	2023.Q4.6 2023.Q3.9 7.3.10.u36 7.4.13.u92

Affected products

Liferay Portal
Liferay DXP

Classification

Weakness

CWE-862 Missing Authorization
CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

References

liferay.dev /portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2024-38002
web, vendor-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38002
advisory
github.com /liferay/liferay-portal
package

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary