CVE-2019-11444

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 12.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2019-04-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

An issue was discovered in Liferay Portal CE 7.1.2 GA3. An attacker can use Liferay's Groovy script console to execute OS commands. Commands can be executed via a [command].execute() call, as demonstrated by "def cmd =" in the ServerAdminPortlet_script value to group/control_panel/manage. Valid credentials for an application administrator user account are required. 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

Affected products

Liferay Portal: 7.1.2-ga3

References

https://dev.liferay.com/discover/portal/-/knowledge_base/7-1/running-scripts-from-the-script-console
https://pentest.com.tr/exploits/Liferay-CE-Portal-Tomcat-7-1-2-ga3-Groovy-Console-Remote-Command-Execution-Metasploit.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46525
https://dev.liferay.com/discover/portal/-/knowledge_base/7-1/running-scripts-from-the-script-console
https://pentest.com.tr/exploits/Liferay-CE-Portal-Tomcat-7-1-2-ga3-Groovy-Console-Remote-Command-Execution-Metasploit.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46525

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