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CVE-2020-7961

9.8 CRITICAL Known exploited Published 2020-03-20 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Liferay Portal Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability — Liferay Liferay Portal

Liferay Portal contains a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute code via JSON web services.

Added to KEV: 2021-11-03
Remediation due: 2022-05-03
Ransomware use: Unknown
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7961

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2020-03-20
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0): 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses: CWE-502

Description

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Liferay Portal prior to 7.2.1 CE GA2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via JSON web services (JSONWS).

Affected configurations

• liferay liferay portal (< 7.2.1)

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data weakness

References