Advisory record · GHSA-773f-f929-qgjj

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Potentially Reveal LDAP Server Password via Unsafe Connection

CVSS 8.3 HighEPSS 0.015 · 74th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 24 May 2022, 17:23 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bomMaven<7.3.07.3.0
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomMaven>=7.0.0, <7.0.10.fp89 || >=7.1.0, <7.1.10.fp17 || >=7.2.0, <7.2.10.fp47.0.10.fp89, 7.1.10.fp17, 7.2.10.fp4
Identifiers
GHSA-773f-f929-qgjj · CVE-2020-15841
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-522
Published
24 May 2022
Updated
28 May 2025

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Liferay Portal before 7.3.0 and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 89, 7.1 before fix pack 17, and 7.2 before fix pack 4 are affected. A remote attacker can obtain the LDAP server's password through the Test LDAP Connection feature. Upgrade Liferay Portal to 7.3.0 or later, or Liferay DXP to 7.0.10.fp89, 7.1.10.fp17, 7.2.10.fp4, or later.

Written 7 Nov 2026.

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
8.3 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:R CNA (mitre)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.015, the 74th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 15:11 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 15:11 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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