CVE-2020-7961

CRITICAL9.8

CISA KEV

Published 2020-03-20 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source cve@mitre.org

Summary

CVE-2020-7961 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in Liferay Liferay Portal. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 3, 2021, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by May 3, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns.

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Description

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).

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-502CWE-502

CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability

Product: Liferay — Liferay Portal

Name: Liferay Portal Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability

Date added: 2021-11-03 · Due: 2022-05-03

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

References

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