Critical severity · published Oct 4, 2019
CVE-2019-16891
Liferay Portal CE 6.2.5 allows remote command execution because of deserialization of a JSON payload
9.8
CVSS
44.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Liferay Portal CE 6.2.5 allows remote command execution because of deserialization of a JSON payload.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)44.7% · higher than 99% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LP
Liferay Portal · Liferay
through 6.0.6; 6.1.0; 6.1.0; 6.1.0; 6.1.0; 6.1.0; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16891
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-16891
Exploit
https://dappsec.substack.com/p/an-advisory-for-cve-2019-16891-from
Exploit
https://sec.vnpt.vn/2019/09/liferay-deserialization-json-deserialization-part-4/
Product
https://www.liferay.com/downloads-community
Exploit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjMEfQW3bf0
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