# CVE-2019-11444: An issue was discovered in Liferay Portal CE 7.1.2 GA3.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2019-04-22 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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

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## Related

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## References

- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46525
- https://pentest.com.tr/exploits/Liferay-CE-Portal-Tomcat-7-1-2-ga3-Groovy-Console-Remote-Command-Execution-Metasploit.html
- https://dev.liferay.com/discover/portal/-/knowledge_base/7-1/running-scripts-from-the-script-console

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