CVE-2020-15841

mediumpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.015 · 74 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.51% (74th) EPSS

CVSS 4.3 · medium

Is it mine?

9 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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, does not safely test a connection to a LDAP server, which allows remote attackers to obtain the LDAP server's password via the Test LDAP Connection feature.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.3–8.8

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 2.9

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.3highCVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:Rsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · cve@mitre.org USexploitability 1.6 · impact 6

v3.18.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-522US

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
liferay digital experience platform= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
liferay digital experience platform= 7.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
liferay digital experience platform= 7.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
liferay liferay portal< 7.3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom7.0.0 → 7.0.10.fp89osvUSpkg:maven/com.liferay.portal/release.dxp.bom
Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom7.1.0 → 7.1.10.fp17osvUSpkg:maven/com.liferay.portal/release.dxp.bom
Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom7.2.0 → 7.2.10.fp4osvUSpkg:maven/com.liferay.portal/release.dxp.bom
Maven com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom< 7.3.0osvUSpkg:maven/com.liferay.portal/release.portal.bom

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-773f-f929-qgjjLiferay Portal and Liferay DXP Potentially Reveal LDAP Server Password via Unsafe Connection2022-05-24ghsa · osvUS
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, does not safely test a connection to a LDAP server, which allows remote attackers to obtain the LDAP server's password via the Test LDAP Connection feature.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-07-20modified 2026-06-17

references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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