CVE-2020-7961

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"source": "[email protected]"}, {"url": "https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory", "Broken Link"], "source": "[email protected]"}, {"url": "https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/117954271", "tags": ["Broken Link", "Vendor Advisory"], "source": "[email protected]"}, {"url": "https://research.checkpoint.com/2021/freakout-leveraging-newest-vulnerabilities-for-creating-a-botnet/", "tags": ["Exploit", "Third Party Advisory"], "source": "[email protected]"}, {"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157254/Liferay-Portal-Java-Unmarshalling-Remote-Code-Execution.html", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory", "VDB Entry"], "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158392/Liferay-Portal-Remote-Code-Execution.html", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory", "VDB Entry"], "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory", "Broken Link"], "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/117954271", "tags": ["Broken Link", "Vendor Advisory"], "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "https://research.checkpoint.com/2021/freakout-leveraging-newest-vulnerabilities-for-creating-a-botnet/", "tags": ["Exploit", "Third Party Advisory"], "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-7961", "tags": ["US Government Resource"], "source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}], "vulnStatus": "Analyzed", "weaknesses": [{"type": "Primary", "source": "[email protected]", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-502"}]}, {"type": "Secondary", "source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-502"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Liferay Portal prior to 7.2.1 CE GA2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via JSON web services (JSONWS)."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "Una Deserializaci\u00f3n de Datos No Confiables en Liferay Portal versiones anteriores a 7.2.1 CE GA2, permite a atacantes remotos ejecutar c\u00f3digo arbitrario por medio de los servicios web JSON (JSONWS)."}], "lastModified": "2025-11-07T22:04:20.347", "cisaActionDue": "2022-05-03", "cisaExploitAdd": "2021-11-03", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "B8EDC50D-2FE2-4895-8B8A-E869D194162F", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2.1"}], "operator": "OR"}]}], "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]", "cisaRequiredAction": "Apply updates per vendor instructions.", "cisaVulnerabilityName": "Liferay Portal Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability"}