TI-2020-17428 Aliases CVE-2020-28884 GHSA-9xmw-jrc5-v3fp

Liferay Portal Server tested on 7.3.5 GA6, 7.2.0 GA1 is affected by OS Command Injection.

LOW 38CWE-78Published 2022-01-28 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: High
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.

Summary

Liferay Portal Server tested on 7.3.5 GA6, 7.2.0 GA1 is affected by OS Command Injection. An administrator user can inject Groovy script to execute any OS command on the Liferay Portal Sever. NOTE: The developer disputes this as a vulnerability since it is a feature for administrators to run groovy scripts and therefore not a design flaw.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.02028 81st percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.2:ga1:::community:::*	7.2 ga1	Vulnerable	Liferay
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.3.5:ga6:::community:::*	7.3.5 ga6	Vulnerable	Liferay

cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.2:ga1:*:*:community:*:*:* Versions 7.2 ga1 Vulnerable ·Liferay
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.3.5:ga6:*:*:community:*:*:* Versions 7.3.5 ga6 Vulnerable ·Liferay

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-28884
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9xmw-jrc5-v3fp

References

Advisory 1

https://learn.liferay.com/dxp/latest/en/system-administration/using-the-script-engine/running-scripts-from-the-script-console.html

Other 1

https://medium.com/%40tranpdanh/some-way-to-execute-os-command-in-liferay-portal-84498bde18d3

TI-2020-06440 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Liferay Portal prior to 7.2.1 CE GA2 allows remote… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2019-12596 Liferay Portal CE 6.2.5 allows remote command execution because of deserialization of a JSON payload. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2021-13252 Liferay Portal 6.2.5 allows Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=/ requests when… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-18349 A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Blog module - add new topic… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
TI-2022-18348 A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Document and Media module - file upload… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
TI-2022-20404 A SQL injection vulnerability in the Friendly Url module in Liferay Portal 7.3.7, and… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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