What is CVE-2018-10795?

CVE-2018-10795 is a high-severity vulnerability in Liferay Portal, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-05-07.

How severe is CVE-2018-10795?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Arbitrary file upload in Liferay Portal

CVE-2018-10795

Liferay 6.2.x and before has an FCKeditor configuration that allows an attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment via a browser/liferay/browser.html?Type= or html/js/editor/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/browser/liferay/browser.html URI. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue because file upload is an expected feature, subject to Role Based Access Control checks where only authenticated users with proper permissions can upload files

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.018 (76.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Liferay Liferay_portal
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-10795?: CVE-2018-10795 is a high-severity vulnerability in Liferay Portal, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-05-07.
How severe is CVE-2018-10795?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.