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CVE-2020-7961

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).

Published: Mar 20, 2020
Updated: Nov 8, 2025
CVE: CVE-2020-7961
GHSA: GHSA-w7pm-cc4v-f3g8
Severity: Critical
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: Critical
Score: 9.8
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

Severity: High
Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

CWE-502

OWASP TOP 10:

A8 - Insecure Deserialization

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
com.liferay.portal / com.liferay.portal-kernel	-	7.2.1
liferay / liferay_portal	-	7.2.1

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157254/Liferay-Portal-Java-Unmarshalling-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158392/Liferay-Portal-Remote-Code-Execution.html
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/117954271
https://research.checkpoint.com/2021/freakout-leveraging-newest-vulnerabilities-for-creating-a-botnet/
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-7961

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