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CVE-2020-28884

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-01-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

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.

Affected products

• Liferay Portal: 7.2-ga1, 7.3.5-ga6

References

• https://learn.liferay.com/dxp/latest/en/system-administration/using-the-script-engine/running-scripts-from-the-script-console.html
• https://medium.com/%40tranpdanh/some-way-to-execute-os-command-in-liferay-portal-84498bde18d3
• https://learn.liferay.com/dxp/latest/en/system-administration/using-the-script-engine/running-scripts-from-the-script-console.html
• https://medium.com/%40tranpdanh/some-way-to-execute-os-command-in-liferay-portal-84498bde18d3

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