CVE-2011-1502

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Published May 7, 2011 CVSS 2.0 · 4.0 Medium EPSS 1.8% KEV · Not listed

Description

Liferay Portal Community Edition (CE) 6.x before 6.0.6 GA, when Apache Tomcat is used, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via an entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (aka XXE) issue.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2011-1503	Liferay Portal Community Edition (CE) 6.x before 6.0.6 GA, when Apache Tomcat is used, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via an entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (aka XXE) issue.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.8% (1.826% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPS-14927
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/29/1
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/08/5
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/11/9

History

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Subscriptions

Liferay Liferay Portal

Weaknesses

CWE-200

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 4:27 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: May 7, 2011, 7:00 PM
Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 4:27 PM
Reserved: Mar 21, 2011, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:29 PM

Status: Modified
Published: May 7, 2011, 7:55 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:29 PM

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