CVE-2023-33950: High severity Liferay Digital Experience Platform vulnerability

Published May 24, 2023
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Updated

Pattern Redirects in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.48 through 7.4.3.76, and Liferay DXP 7.4 update 48 through 76 allows regular expressions that are vulnerable to ReDoS attacks to be used as patterns, which allows remote attackers to consume an excessive amount of server resources via crafted request URLs.

Affected Software

4 affected componentsFixes available
maven/com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom>=7.4.3.48<7.4.3.77
7.4.3.77
Liferay Digital Experience Platform=7.4-update48
Liferay Digital Experience Platform=7.4-update76
Liferay Liferay Portal>=7.4.3.48<=7.4.3.76

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade maven/com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 7.4.3.77

Event History

May 24, 2023
CVE Published
via MITRE·04:10 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·04:10 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·05:15 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
Advisory Published
06:30 PM

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2023-33950?

CVE-2023-33950 is a vulnerability that allows remote attackers to consume an excessive amount of server resources in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.48 through 7.4.3.76 and Liferay DXP 7.4 update 48 through 76 using crafted request URLs.

2

How can this vulnerability be exploited?

This vulnerability can be exploited by sending crafted request URLs with regular expressions that are vulnerable to ReDoS attacks, causing the server to consume an excessive amount of resources.

3

What is the severity of CVE-2023-33950?

CVE-2023-33950 has a severity value of 7, which is considered high.

4

Which versions of Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP are affected by CVE-2023-33950?

Liferay Portal versions 7.4.3.48 through 7.4.3.76 and Liferay DXP versions 7.4 update 48 through 76 are affected by CVE-2023-33950.

5

How can I fix CVE-2023-33950?

To fix CVE-2023-33950, upgrade to Liferay Portal version 7.4.3.77 or higher and Liferay DXP version 7.4 update 77 or higher.

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