CVE-2019-6588
MEDIUM4.7EPSS 0.69%Liferay Portal Allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via the SimpleCaptcha API
Published: 5/24/2022Modified: 4/28/2025
Description
In Liferay Portal before 7.1 CE GA4, an XSS vulnerability exists in the SimpleCaptcha API when custom code passes unsanitized input into the "url" parameter of the JSP taglib call <liferay-ui:captcha url="<%= url %>" /> or <liferay-captcha:captcha url="<%= url %>" />. Liferay Portal out-of-the-box behavior with no customizations is not vulnerable.
Affected packages (1)
- Maven/com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bomfrom 0, < 7.1.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.7 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
References (4)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6588
- PATCHhttps://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
- WEBhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153252/Liferay-Portal-7.1-CE-GA4-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- WEBhttps://dev.liferay.com/web/community-security-team/known-vulnerabilities/liferay-portal-71/-/asset_publisher/7v4O7y85hZMo/content/cst-7130-multiple-xss-vulnerabilities-in-7-1-ce-ga3