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CVE-2023-3426:
Java vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The vulnerability (CVE-2023-3426) affects the organization selector functionality in Liferay Portal versions 7.4.3.81 through 7.4.3.85 and Liferay DXP 7.4 updates 81 through 85. The vulnerability was discovered by security researcher 4rth4s and was published on August 2, 2023 (Liferay Advisory).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from a missing user permission check in the organization selector component. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) and CWE-425 (Direct Request) (NVD Database).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability allows remote authenticated users to obtain a list of all organizations in the system, potentially exposing sensitive organizational structure information that should be restricted (Liferay Advisory).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in Liferay Portal version 7.4.3.86 and Liferay DXP 7.4 update 86. Users are advised to upgrade to these versions or later to address the security issue (Liferay Advisory).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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