Information Exposure Affecting com.liferay:com.liferay.layout.item.selector.web package, versions [,5.0.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-COMLIFERAY-6239646
  • published 9 Feb 2024
  • disclosed 8 Feb 2024
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade com.liferay:com.liferay.layout.item.selector.web to version 5.0.2 or higher.

Overview

com.liferay:com.liferay.layout.item.selector.web is a Liferay Layout Item Selector Web.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure due to the improper handling of the doAsUserId URL parameter when creating linked content using the WYSIWYG editor and while impersonating a user. An attacker can impersonate a user after accessing the linked content by exploiting the leakage of this parameter.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

5.4 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

8.1 high