Liferay Cross-site Scritping Vulnerability Fixed by 7.0.0 CE RC1


Description   (:A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability was reported in Liferay.:A remote attacker could exploit via a specially crafted payload on the "FirstName" field, in order to execute arbitrary JavaScript code.::This vulnerability is located in the "Profile Search" feature via "User -> My Profile -> Search" and stems from an improper validation of user-supplied input.::A proof of concept is available.)
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
Liferay (Liferay) - 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, ..., 6.1 GA1 EE, 6.1.2 CE, 6.1.x EE, 6.2 EE SP13, 6.2.X EE
     
Solution   Version 7.0.0 CE RC1 of Liferay CE fixes this vulnerability.
     
CVE   CVE-2016-3670
     
References   - Integrity : CVE-2016-3670 Stored Cross Site Scripting in Liferay CE
https://labs.integrity.pt/advisories/cve-2016-3670/
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'meta' tag found in data
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'img' attribute found in data
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'style' tag found in data
5.0.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : javascript code found in data
5.0.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious tag with event found in data
5.0.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'embed' tag found in data
5.0.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : 'location' javascript object found in data
5.0.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : code allowing cookie access found in data
5.0.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : 'script' tag found in data
5.0.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'style' attribute found in data
5.0.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'applet' tag found in data
5.0.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'div' tag found in data
5.0.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'img' attribute found in data
5.0.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'meta' tag found in data
5.0.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'object' tag found in data
5.0.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'iframe' tag found in data
5.0.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Low 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2016-06-01 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Remote