9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2019-16891
Liferay Portal CE Unauthorized Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
Description

Liferay Portal CE 6.2.5 allows remote command execution because of deserialization of a JSON payload.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 4, 2019, 2:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 24, 2023, 12:31 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2019-16891 has a 6 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-16891 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Liferay liferay_portal
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2019-16891.

URL Resource
https://dappsec.substack.com/p/an-advisory-for-cve-2019-16891-from Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://sec.vnpt.vn/2019/09/liferay-deserialization-json-deserialization-part-4/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.liferay.com/downloads-community Product Release Notes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjMEfQW3bf0 Exploit

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 5 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 4, 2024, 7:53 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 5 months, 1 week ago
3 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 21, 2022, 3:45 p.m. This repo has been linked 11 different CVEs too.

a rep for documenting my study, may be from 0 to 0.1

Java Dockerfile Shell Python HTML

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
1833 stars 266 fork 266 watcher
Born at : Oct. 18, 2021, 1:21 a.m. This repo has been linked 34 different CVEs too.

Compiled dataset of Java deserialization CVEs

java-deserialization deserialization cve security

Updated: 6 months, 1 week ago
60 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : July 22, 2020, 1:10 p.m. This repo has been linked 308 different CVEs too.

https://github.com/GrrrDog/Java-Deserialization-Cheat-Sheet

Updated: 3 months ago
48 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 2, 2019, 9:15 p.m. This repo has been linked 158 different CVEs too.

The cheat sheet about Java Deserialization vulnerabilities

javadeser java-deserialization pentesting

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
3011 stars 537 fork 537 watcher
Born at : Feb. 23, 2016, 10:28 p.m. This repo has been linked 168 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-16891 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-16891 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 24, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://dappsec.substack.com/p/an-advisory-for-cve-2019-16891-from No Types Assigned https://dappsec.substack.com/p/an-advisory-for-cve-2019-16891-from Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjMEfQW3bf0 Third Party Advisory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjMEfQW3bf0 Exploit
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 27, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://dappsec.substack.com/p/an-advisory-for-cve-2019-16891-from [No Types Assigned]
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 21, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 10, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://sec.vnpt.vn/2019/09/liferay-deserialization-json-deserialization-part-4/ No Types Assigned https://sec.vnpt.vn/2019/09/liferay-deserialization-json-deserialization-part-4/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.liferay.com/downloads-community No Types Assigned https://www.liferay.com/downloads-community Product, Release Notes
    Changed Reference Type https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjMEfQW3bf0 No Types Assigned https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjMEfQW3bf0 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-502
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* versions up to (including) 6.0.6 *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:6.1.0:b1:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:6.1.0:b2:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:6.1.0:b3:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:6.1.0:b4:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:6.1.0:ga1:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:6.1.0:rc1:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:6.1.1:ga2:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:6.1.2:ga3:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:6.2.0:b1:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:6.2.0:b2:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:6.2.0:ga1:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:6.2.0:m1:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:6.2.0:m2:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:6.2.0:m3:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:6.2.0:m4:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:6.2.0:m5:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:6.2.0:m6:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:6.2.0:rc1:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:6.2.0:rc2:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:6.2.0:rc3:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:6.2.0:rc4:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:6.2.0:rc5:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:6.2.0:rc6:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:6.2.1:ga2:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:6.2.2:ga3:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:6.2.3:ga4:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:6.2.4:ga5:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:6.2.5:ga6:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.0.0:a1:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.0.0:a2:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.0.0:a3:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.0.0:a4:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.0.0:a5:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.0.0:b1:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.0.0:b2:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.0.0:b3:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.0.0:b4:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.0.0:b5:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.0.0:b6:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.0.0:b7:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.0.0:ga1:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.0.0:m1:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.0.0:m2:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.0.0:m3:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.0.0:m4:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.0.0:m5:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.0.0:m6:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.0.0:m7:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.0.1:ga2:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.0.2:ga3:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.0.3:ga4:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.0.4:ga5:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.0.5:ga6:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.0.6:ga7:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.1.0:a1:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.1.0:a2:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.1.0:b1:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.1.0:b2:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.1.0:b3:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.1.0:ga1:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.1.0:m1:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.1.0:m2:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.1.0:rc1:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.1.1:ga2:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.1.2:ga3:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.1.3:ga4:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.2.0:alpha1:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.2.0:beta1:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.2.0:beta2:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.2.0:beta3:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.2.0:m2:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.2.0:rc1:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.2.0:rc2:*:*:community:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.2.0:rc3:*:*:community:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-16891 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-16891 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.62 }} 0.33%

score

0.87741

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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