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CVE-2019-11444: An issue was discovered in Liferay Portal CE 7.1.2 GA3.

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 32/100)

Public proof-of-concept code exists (Exploit-DB); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 12.5% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 96.2% of all records.
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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

HighCVSS 7.2 · v3.0—Proof of concept No fix recorded

Published: Apr 22, 2019
Updated: Jun 16, 2026
EPSS: 12.5% · 96th percentile
CWE: CWE-78

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Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 28 / 40 · 7.2 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 4 / 30 · 12.5%

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Vendor	Product	CPE
liferay	liferay portal	cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

liferay liferay portal7.1.2

Same product

liferay: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2020-7961Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Liferay Portal prior to 7.2.1 CE GA2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via JSON web serKEV
99Now
CVE-2019-16891Liferay Portal CE 6.2.5 allows remote command execution because of deserialization of a JSON payload.
52Plan
CVE-2021-33990Liferay Portal 6.2.5 allows Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=/ requests when frmfolders.html exists.
43Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2017-1000425Jan 2, 2018 · Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the /html/portal/flash.jsp page in Liferay Portal CE 7.0 GA4 and older allows remote attackers t
24Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2018-10795May 7, 2018 · Liferay 6.2.x and before has an FCKeditor configuration that allows an attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be a
36Monitor
Later →CVE-2019-6588Jun 3, 2019 · In Liferay Portal before 7.1 CE GA4, an XSS vulnerability exists in the SimpleCaptcha API when custom code passes unsanitized input into the
19Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

Exploit-DB entry ×1

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Public exploit evidence
Source	Kind	Date
Exploit-DB entry	webapps	2019-03-11

Research context

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Timeline

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First PoCMar 11, 2019-42 d
PublishedApr 22, 2019
TodayNov 8, 2026+2758 d

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

Liferay VDPIntigriti · disclosure only (VDP)

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Technical details

Attack conditions

Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
Administrator privileges are required.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: high · data can be read
Integrity: high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: high · the service can be disrupted

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: High
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: High
Availability impact: High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-78 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

User input is inserted as text into a shell command. The shell may interpret special characters in the input as part of the command.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-78 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1const host = req.body.host;
2exec("ping -c 1 " + host, onResult);

Fixed

1const host = req.body.host;
2if (!/^[a-z0-9.-]{1,253}$/i.test(host)) return res.sendStatus(400);
3execFile("ping", ["-c", "1", host], onResult);

Attack context

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Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

dev.liferay.com/discover/portal/-/knowledge_base/7-1/running-scripts-from-the-script-console

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