Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-25606

High

Published: 20 February 2024

Published
20 February 2024
Modified
11 December 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0014 34.0th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-25606 is a high-severity Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CWE-611) vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform. Its CVSS base score is 8.0 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 34.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

XXE vulnerability in Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.4.3.7, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 4, 7.3 before update 12, 7.2 before fix pack 20, and older unsupported versions allows attackers with permission to deploy widgets/portlets/extensions to…

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obtain sensitive information or consume system resources via the Java2WsddTask._format method.

CWE(s)
CWE-611

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

liferay
digital experience platform
7.2, 7.3, 7.4 · ≤ 7.2
liferay
liferay portal
≤ 7.4.3.8

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-611

Penetration testing includes XML external entity payloads, detecting XXE vulnerabilities and enabling their mitigation.

SI-4 System Monitoring
addresses: CWE-611

Identifies XML external entity processing via monitoring of unusual file/network access or resource usage.

References