CVE-2020-13445
mediumpriority · track · 36OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.037 · 90 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In Liferay Portal before 7.3.2 and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 92, 7.1 before fix pack 18, and 7.2 before fix pack 6, the template API does not restrict user access to sensitive objects, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via crafted FreeMarker and Velocity templates.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–8.8
weaknesses
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affected products (9)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom7.0.0 → 7.0.10.fp92osvUSpkg:maven/com.liferay.portal/release.dxp.bom
- Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom7.1.0 → 7.1.10.fp18osvUSpkg:maven/com.liferay.portal/release.dxp.bom
- Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom7.2.0 → 7.2.10.fp6osvUSpkg:maven/com.liferay.portal/release.dxp.bom
- Maven com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom< 7.3.2osvUSpkg:maven/com.liferay.portal/release.portal.bom
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- GHSA-v377-8f8f-532hLiferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution2022-05-24ghsa · osvUS
In Liferay Portal before 7.3.2 and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 92, 7.1 before fix pack 18, and 7.2 before fix pack 6, the template API does not restrict user access to sensitive objects, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via crafted FreeMarker and Velocity templates.
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sources
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references (10)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17023cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13445cnnvd
- https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/119317411cnnvd
- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-043-liferay_cecnnvd
- https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17023enisa_euvd
- https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/119317411enisa_euvd
- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-043-liferay_ceenisa_euvd
- https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17023PatchVendor Advisorynvd
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