What is CVE-2020-28885?

CVE-2020-28885 is a high-severity vulnerability in Liferay Portal, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2022-01-28.

How severe is CVE-2020-28885?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

RCE in Liferay Portal

CVE-2020-28885

Liferay Portal Server tested on 7.3.5 GA6, 7.2.0 GA1 is affected by OS Command Injection. An administrator user can inject commands through the Gogo Shell module to execute any OS command on the Liferay Portal Sever. NOTE: The developer disputes this as a vulnerability since it is a feature for administrators to access and execute commands in Gogo Shell and therefore not a design fla

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.021 (80.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Liferay Liferay_portal — versions 7.2, 7.3.5
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-28885?: CVE-2020-28885 is a high-severity vulnerability in Liferay Portal, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2022-01-28.
How severe is CVE-2020-28885?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.