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CVE-2020-13444

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Fails to Sanitize API Data

6.5 MediumFix available

Liferay Portal 7.x before 7.3.2, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 92, 7.1 before fix pack 18, and 7.2 before fix pack 5 does not sanitize the information returned by the DDMDataProvider API, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain the password to REST Data Providers.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

1.59%Up 0.8 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.5

Liferay Portal 7.x before 7.3.2, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 92, 7.1 before fix pack 18, and 7.2 before fix pack 5 does not sanitize the information returned by the DDMDataProvider API, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain the password to REST Data Providers.

Record
CVE-2020-13444
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0
4.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Liferay Portal 7.x before 7.3.2, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 92, 7.1 before fix pack 18, and 7.2 before fix pack 5 does not sanitize the information returned by the DDMDataProvider API, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain the password to REST Data Providers.

Record
CVE-2020-13444
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-5697 No score

Liferay Portal 7.x before 7.3.2, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 92, 7.1 before fix pack 18, and 7.2 before fix pack 5 does not sanitize the information returned by the DDMDataProvider API, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain the password to REST Data Providers.

Record
EUVD-2020-5697
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8j5r-9687-88w5 6.5

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Fails to Sanitize API Data

Liferay Portal 7.x before 7.3.2, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 92, 7.1 before fix pack 19, and 7.2 before fix pack 7, does not sanitize the information returned by the DDMDataProvider API, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain the password to REST Data Providers.

Record
GHSA-8j5r-9687-88w5
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 6.5

Liferay Portal 7.x before 7.3.2, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 92, 7.1 before fix pack 18, and 7.2 before fix pack 5 does not sanitize the information returned by the DDMDataProvider API, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain the password to REST Data Providers.

Record
CVE-2020-13444
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-8j5r-9687-88w5 6.5

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Fails to Sanitize API Data

Liferay Portal 7.x before 7.3.2, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 92, 7.1 before fix pack 19, and 7.2 before fix pack 7, does not sanitize the information returned by the DDMDataProvider API, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain the password to REST Data Providers.

Record
GHSA-8j5r-9687-88w5
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom
Maven
7.0.0 up to 7.3.2
7.3.2
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom
Maven
7.0.0 up to 7.0.10.fp92
7.0.10.fp92
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom
Maven
7.1.0 up to 7.1.10.fp19
7.1.10.fp19
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom
Maven
7.2.0 up to 7.2.10.fp7
7.2.10.fp7
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom
Maven
7.0.0 up to 7.3.2, plus listed versions
7.0.67.0.6-17.0.6-27.1.07.1.1
Show 10 moreShow less
7.1.27.1.37.1.3-17.2.07.2.17.2.1-17.3.07.3.0-17.3.17.3.1-1
7.3.2
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom
Maven
7.0.0 up to 7.0.10.fp92, plus listed versions
7.0.10.fp607.0.10.fp617.0.10.fp627.0.10.fp637.0.10.fp64
Show 30 moreShow less
7.0.10.fp657.0.10.fp667.0.10.fp677.0.10.fp687.0.10.fp697.0.10.fp707.0.10.fp717.0.10.fp727.0.10.fp737.0.10.fp747.0.10.fp757.0.10.fp767.0.10.fp777.0.10.fp787.0.10.fp797.0.10.fp807.0.10.fp817.0.10.fp827.0.10.fp837.0.10.fp847.0.10.fp857.0.10.fp85-17.0.10.fp867.0.10.fp86-17.0.10.fp877.0.10.fp87-17.0.10.fp887.0.10.fp897.0.10.fp907.0.10.fp91
7.0.10.fp92
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom
Maven
7.1.0 up to 7.1.10.fp19, plus listed versions
7.1.107.1.10.fp17.1.10.fp107.1.10.fp117.1.10.fp12
Show 14 moreShow less
7.1.10.fp137.1.10.fp147.1.10.fp157.1.10.fp167.1.10.fp177.1.10.fp187.1.10.fp27.1.10.fp37.1.10.fp47.1.10.fp57.1.10.fp67.1.10.fp77.1.10.fp87.1.10.fp9
7.1.10.fp19
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom
Maven
7.2.0 up to 7.2.10.fp7, plus listed versions
7.2.17.2.107.2.10.fp17.2.10.fp1-17.2.10.fp2
Show 4 moreShow less
7.2.10.fp37.2.10.fp47.2.10.fp57.2.10.fp6
7.2.10.fp7

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2020-13444 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Liferay Portal, published June 10, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.59%, the 75th percentile. Fixed in com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom 7.3.2.

References

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