GHSA-8j5r-9687-88w5
MEDIUMGHSA-8j5r-9687-88w5 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-8j5r-9687-88w5 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Fails to Sanitize API Data
Real-World Exposure
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom☕com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom☕com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom☕com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
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.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☕Maven | com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom | ≥ 7.0.0&&< 7.3.2 | 7.3.2 |
| ☕Maven | com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom | ≥ 7.0.0&&< 7.0.10.fp92 | 7.0.10.fp92 |
| ☕Maven | com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom | ≥ 7.1.0&&< 7.1.10.fp19 | 7.1.10.fp19 |
| ☕Maven | com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom | ≥ 7.2.0&&< 7.2.10.fp7 | 7.2.10.fp7 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom to 7.3.2 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-8j5r-9687-88w5 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-8j5r-9687-88w5 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to GHSA-8j5r-9687-88w5. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-8j5r-9687-88w5 in your dependencies?
O3 detects GHSA-8j5r-9687-88w5 across Maven dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.