CVE-2020-15840
MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: September 24, 2020 at 02:56 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:57 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorLiferay PortalDigital Experience Platform
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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
In Liferay Portal before 7.3.1, Liferay Portal 6.2 EE, and Liferay DXP 7.2, DXP 7.1 and DXP 7.0, the property 'portlet.resource.id.banned.paths.regexp' can be bypassed with doubled encoded URLs.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 7.3.16.2
Affected range stops below 7.3.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17046x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilitiesx_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/119772204CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- LOW
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo
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