Vulnerability record · CVE-2019-11444 · published 22 April 2019
CVE-2019-11444: Liferay portal os command injection vulnerability
Liferay · Liferay Portal
An issue was discovered in Liferay Portal CE 7.1.2 GA3. An attacker can use Liferay's Groovy script console to execute OS commands. Commands can be executed via a [command].execute() call, as demonstrated by "def cmd =" in the ServerAdminPortlet_script value to group/control_panel/manage. Valid credentials for an application administrator user account are required. NOTE: The developer disputes this as a vulnerability since it is a feature for administrators to run groovy scripts and therefore not a design flaw
Description
An issue was discovered in Liferay Portal CE 7.1.2 GA3. An attacker can use Liferay's Groovy script console to execute OS commands. Commands can be executed via a [command].execute() call, as demonstrated by "def cmd =" in the ServerAdminPortlet_script value to group/control_panel/manage. Valid credentials for an application administrator user account are required. NOTE: The developer disputes this as a vulnerability since it is a feature for administrators to run groovy scripts and therefore not a design flaw
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://dev.liferay.com/discover/portal/-/knowledge_base/7-1/running-scripts-from-the-script-console | |
| https://pentest.com.tr/exploits/Liferay-CE-Portal-Tomcat-7-1-2-ga3-Groovy-Console-Remote-Command-Execution-Metasploit.ht | ExploitThird Party Advisory |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46525 | ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry |
| https://dev.liferay.com/discover/portal/-/knowledge_base/7-1/running-scripts-from-the-script-console | |
| https://pentest.com.tr/exploits/Liferay-CE-Portal-Tomcat-7-1-2-ga3-Groovy-Console-Remote-Command-Execution-Metasploit.ht | ExploitThird Party Advisory |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46525 | ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry |
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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2019-11444), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.
