CVE-2020-28884

HIGH

Liferay Portal 7.2.0 GA1 and 7.3.5 GA6 - Authenticated OS Command Injection via Groovy Script

Title source: llm

Description

Liferay Portal Server tested on 7.3.5 GA6, 7.2.0 GA1 is affected by OS Command Injection. An administrator user can inject Groovy script to execute any OS command on the Liferay Portal Sever. NOTE: The developer disputes this as a vulnerability since it is a feature for administrators to run groovy scripts and therefore not a design flaw.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Various Sources

https://medium.com/%40tranpdanh/some-way-to-execute-os-command-in-liferay-portal-84498bde18d3

Vendor Advisory

https://learn.liferay.com/dxp/latest/en/system-administration/using-the-script-engine/running-scripts-from-the-script-console.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.2

EPSS 0.0383

EPSS Percentile 88.3%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-78

Status published

Products (2)

liferay/liferay_portal 7.2 ga1

liferay/liferay_portal 7.3.5 ga6

Published Jan 28, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026