CVE-2024-25608 Open redirect vulnerability using Replacement Character

Description

HtmlUtil.escapeRedirect in Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP can be circumvented by using the 'REPLACEMENT CHARACTER' (U+FFFD), which allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary external URLs via the (1) 'redirect` parameter (2) `FORWARD_URL` parameter, (3) `noSuchEntryRedirect` parameter, and (4) others parameters that rely on HtmlUtil.escapeRedirect.

Severity

6.1 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Version(s)

  • Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.18
  • Liferay Portal 7.3.0 through 7.3.7
  • Liferay Portal 7.2.0 and 7.2.1
  • Liferay Portal, older unsupported versions
  • Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 19
  • Liferay DXP 7.3 before update 4
  • Liferay DXP 7.2 before fix pack 19
  • Liferay DXP, older unsupported versions

Fixed Version(s)

Publication date: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 09:20:00 +0000

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