Liferay Enterprise Portal Input Validation Hole in the Forgot Password 'emailAddress' Parameter Permits Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1019003
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1019003
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CVE Reference: CVE-2007-6173
(Links to External Site)
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Updated: Dec 7 2007
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Original Entry Date: Nov 28 2007
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Impact: Disclosure of authentication information, Disclosure of user information, Execution of arbitrary code via network, Modification of user information
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Exploit Included: Yes
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Version(s): 4.3.1
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in Liferay Enterprise Portal. A remote user can conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
The 'forgot-password' function does not properly filter HTML code from user-supplied input in the 'emailAddress' parameter before
displaying the input. A remote user can cause arbitrary scripting code to be executed by the target user's browser. The code
will originate from the site running the Liferay Enterprise Portal software and will run in the security context of that site.
As a result, the code will be able to access the target user's cookies (including authentication cookies), if any, associated with
the site, access data recently submitted by the target user via web form to the site, or take actions on the site acting as the
target user.
Joshua Morin reported this vulnerability.
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Impact: A remote user can access the target user's cookies (including authentication cookies), if any, associated with the site running the
Liferay Enterprise Portal software, access data recently submitted by the target user via web form to the site, or take actions
on the site acting as the target user.
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Solution: No solution was available at the time of this entry.
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Vendor URL: www.liferay.com/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Input validation error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Reported By: morin.josh@gmail.com
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: 27 Nov 2007 20:20:30 -0000
From: morin.josh@gmail.com
Subject: Liferay Enterprise Portal multiple XSS
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Vendor Site: Liferay.net
Version affected: Liferay Enterprise Portal 4.3.1
Demo:http://www.liferay.net/c/portal/login?tabs1=forgot-password
Class: Input Validation Error
Overview: Liferay fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input data in "email address"
text box by pressing the "Send New Password"
button.
Examples:
1."><script>alert('xss')</script>
2.<html><b>XSS</b></font></html>
3."><iframe>
Discovered by: Joshua Morin
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