Re: Liferay Cross Site Scripting Flaw

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The scripting flaw as been fixed as of version 2.2.0 release 10/1/2004. We urge 
all parties to upgrade their deployments. 

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> Subject: Liferay Cross Site Scripting Flaw
> Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 16:00:27 +0530
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> From: "Giri, Sandeep" <giris@deshaw.com>
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> Advisory Name: Liferay Cross Site Scripting flaw
> Release Date: 05/22/2004
>  Application: Liferay (www.liferay.com)
>       Author: Sandeep Giri
> Vendor Status: Notified ( 4 months ago)
>
> Overview:
> (Taken from http://www.liferay.com/products/index.jsp)
>
> Liferay Enterprise Portal was designed to:
>
> Provide organizations with a single sign-on web interface for email,
> document=20
> management, message board, and other useful communication tools.
> Multiple=20
> authentication schemes (LDAP or SQL) are pooled together so users don't
> have=20
> to remember a different login and password for every section of the
> portal.
> ...
>
> Details:
>
> Liferay is prone to cross site scripting flaw. Almost all the fields
> that takes=20
> input from one user and are displayed on another user's screen can be
> tricked to=20
> execute java script code.
>
> Test:
> Add a message with subject &lt;script&gt;history.go(-1)&lt;/script&gt;
> Now, no user can see message board.
>
> Vendor Response:
> Vendor was notified on 14/01/2004. No fix have been released yet.
>
>
> Recommendation:
>
> While saving or displaying the data:
> replace &,<,> etc with &amp;,&lt; and &gt; respectively.
>
>
> Regards,
> Sandeep Giri