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Medium severity · published Sep 22, 2020
CVE-2020-15839
Liferay Portal before 7.3.3, and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 18 and 7.2 before fix pack 6, does not restrict the size of a multipart/form-data POST action, which allows remote…
6.5
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Liferay Portal before 7.3.3, and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 18 and 7.2 before fix pack 6, does not restrict the size of a multipart/form-data POST action, which allows remote authenticated users to conduct denial-of-service attacks by uploading large files.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DE
Digital Experience Platform · Liferay
7.1; 7.1; 7.1; 7.1; 7.1; 7.1; +19 more · source: NVD
LP
Liferay Portal · Liferay
before 7.3.3 · source: NVD
Affected product
DE
Digital Experience Platform
Liferay
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15839
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15839
Vendor Advisory
https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17029
Vendor Advisory
https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17055
Vendor Advisory
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities
Vendor Advisory
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/119784928
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