Path Traversal in Liferay

CVE-2016-6517

Directory traversal vulnerability in Liferay 5.1.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a %2E%2E (encoded dot dot) in the minifierBundleDir parameter to barebone.jsp.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.024 (82.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

  • Liferay — versions 5.1.0
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

  • cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
  • cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6517?
CVE-2016-6517 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Liferay, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-01-23.
How severe is CVE-2016-6517?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.