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CVE-2024-38002

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

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 authenticated users to modify workflow definitions and execute arbitrary code (RCE) via the headless API.

CRITICAL · CVSS 9 EPSS 0.04275
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-862Missing Authorization
CWE-863Incorrect Authorization
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Affected Products & Versions

3
liferay digital experience platform>= 2023.q3.1 and < 2023.q3.9
liferay digital experience platform>= 2023.q4.0 and < 2023.q4.6
liferay digital experience platformall versions
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Affected Packages

2
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom CRITICAL fixed in 2023.Q4.6
Maven com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom CRITICAL fixed in 7.4.3.112-ga112
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Scoring & Timeline

9
CRITICAL · CVSS v3.1 · security@liferay.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD22 Oct 2024 · 03:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
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References & Sources

1
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2024-38002Vendor Advisory
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