Open Redirect in Liferay Digital Experience Platform

CVE-2024-25609

HtmlUtil.escapeRedirect in Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.4.3.12, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 9, 7.3 service pack 3, 7.2 fix pack 15 through 18, and older unsupported versions can be circumvented by using two forward slashes, which allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary external URLs via the (1) 'redirect` parameter (2) `FORWARD_URL` parameter, and (3) others parameters that rely on HtmlUtil.escapeRedirect. This vulnerability is the result of an incomplete fix in CVE-2022-28977.

Vulnerability class: Open Redirect

EPSS: 0.004 (28.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-25609?
CVE-2024-25609 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-02-20.
How severe is CVE-2024-25609?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.