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Advisory details: github_osv / GHSA-3mfq-fp2f-vwqh
Advisory ID github_osv/GHSA-3mfq-fp2f-vwqh
Aliases CVE-2024-38002
Summary Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Workflow Component Does Not Check User Permissions The workflow component in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.5, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.8, 7.4 GA through update 92 and 7.3 GA through update 36 does not properly check user permissions before updating a workflow definition, which allows remote authenticated users to modify workflow definitions and execute arbitrary code (RCE) via the headless API.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.1
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-862 Missing Authorization
CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 9.0 https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/10/GHSA-3mfq-fp2f-vwqh/GHSA-3mfq-fp2f-vwqh.json
generic_textual CRITICAL
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
CVE-2024-38002 https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2024-38002
CVE-2024-38002 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38002
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/10/GHSA-3mfq-fp2f-vwqh/GHSA-3mfq-fp2f-vwqh.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

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unchanged

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-10-22T15:21:03Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2024/38xxx/CVE-2024-38002.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2024-38002

View SSVC decision tree 
[{'Exploitation': 'none'},
 {'Automatable': 'no'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'total'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]