CVE-2020-15842
HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: July 20, 2020 at 01:06 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:57 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorLiferay PortalDigital Experience Platform
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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
Liferay Portal before 7.3.0, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 90, 7.1 before fix pack 17, and 7.2 before fix pack 5, allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted serialized payloads, because of insecure deserialization.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
7.07.0 fix_pack_137.0 fix_pack_147.0 fix_pack_247.0 fix_pack_257.0 fix_pack_267.0 fix_pack_277.0 fix_pack_287.0 fix_pack_37.0 fix_pack_307.0 fix_pack_337.0 fix_pack_357.0 fix_pack_367.0 fix_pack_397.0 fix_pack_407.0 fix_pack_417.0 fix_pack_427.0 fix_pack_437.0 fix_pack_447.0 fix_pack_457.0 fix_pack_467.0 fix_pack_477.0 fix_pack_487.0 fix_pack_497.0 fix_pack_507.0 fix_pack_517.0 fix_pack_527.0 fix_pack_537.0 fix_pack_547.0 fix_pack_567.0 fix_pack_577.0 fix_pack_587.0 fix_pack_597.0 fix_pack_607.0 fix_pack_617.0 fix_pack_647.0 fix_pack_657.0 fix_pack_667.0 fix_pack_677.0 fix_pack_687.0 fix_pack_697.0 fix_pack_707.0 fix_pack_717.0 fix_pack_727.0 fix_pack_737.0 fix_pack_757.0 fix_pack_767.0 fix_pack_787.0 fix_pack_797.0 fix_pack_807.0 fix_pack_817.17.1 fix_pack_17.1 fix_pack_107.1 fix_pack_117.1 fix_pack_127.1 fix_pack_137.1 fix_pack_147.1 fix_pack_157.1 fix_pack_167.1 fix_pack_27.1 fix_pack_37.1 fix_pack_47.1 fix_pack_57.1 fix_pack_67.1 fix_pack_77.1 fix_pack_87.1 fix_pack_97.27.2 fix_pack_17.2 fix_pack_27.2 fix_pack_37.2 fix_pack_47.2 fix_pack_5
v < 7.3.0
Affected range stops below 7.3.0, 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 (2)
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-16963x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/119317427CVSS
8.1HIGHmitre
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-502
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