CVE-2019-16891
highpriority · attend · 65EPSS 0.447 · 99 %ileexploit · PoCEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Liferay Portal CE 6.2.5 allows remote command execution because of deserialization of a JSON payload.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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exploits (1)
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affected products (24)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-372h-p48h-xw8qLiferay Portal Allows RCE via Deserialization of a JSON Payload2022-05-24ghsa · osvUS
Liferay Portal CE 7.1.0 and earlier allows remote command execution because of deserialization of a JSON payload.
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sources
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references (14)
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- https://dappsec.substack.com/p/an-advisory-for-cve-2019-16891-fromcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16891cnnvd
- https://sec.vnpt.vn/2019/09/liferay-deserialization-json-deserialization-part-4/cnnvd
- https://www.liferay.comPatchcnnvd
- https://www.liferay.com/downloads-communitycnnvd
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjMEfQW3bf0cnnvd
- https://dappsec.substack.com/p/an-advisory-for-cve-2019-16891-fromenisa_euvd
- https://sec.vnpt.vn/2019/09/liferay-deserialization-json-deserialization-part-4/enisa_euvd
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