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Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Organization Selector Does Not Check User Permissions

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Aug 2, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 8, 2025

Package

maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 7.4.143.u81, <= 7.4.143.u85

Patched versions

None
maven com.liferay:com.liferay.organizations.item.selector.web (Maven)
< 4.0.14
4.0.14

Description

The organization selector before 4.0.14 from Liferay Portal (7.4.3.81 through 7.4.3.85), and Liferay DXP 7.4 update 81 through 85 does not check user permission, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain a list of all organizations.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 2, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 2, 2023
Reviewed Aug 8, 2025
Last updated Aug 8, 2025

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(48th percentile)

Weaknesses

Direct Request ('Forced Browsing')

The web application does not adequately enforce appropriate authorization on all restricted URLs, scripts, or files. Learn more on MITRE.

Missing Authorization

The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2023-3426

GHSA ID

GHSA-xph3-vjcq-g488

Source code

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