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GHSA-ghw5-998m-vw4w

MEDIUMFix: liferay/liferay-portal@2fe1441

GHSA-ghw5-998m-vw4w is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.3) CWE-346 vulnerability in com.liferay:com.liferay.remote.app.web. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-ghw5-998m-vw4w is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP fails to check origin of event messages

Also known asBIT-liferay-2022-25146CVE-2022-25146
Published
Mar 4, 2022
Updated
Jul 15, 2025
Affected
2 pkgs
Patched
2 / 2
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Jul 15, 2025 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Real-World Exposure

2 pkgs affected
com.liferay:com.liferay.remote.app.webcom.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom

Real-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

The Remote App module before 2.0.21 from Liferay Portal v7.4.3.4 through v7.4.3.8 and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 5 does not check if the origin of event messages it receives matches the origin of the Remote App, allowing attackers to exfiltrate the CSRF token via a crafted event message.

Affected Packages

2 total 2 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
Mavencom.liferay:com.liferay.remote.app.weball versions2.0.21
Mavencom.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomall versions7.4.13.u5

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for com.liferay:com.liferay.remote.app.web. 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.

  2. Fix

    Update com.liferay:com.liferay.remote.app.web to 2.0.21 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-ghw5-998m-vw4w is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. 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.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-ghw5-998m-vw4w 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-ghw5-998m-vw4w. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

The Remote App module before 2.0.21 from Liferay Portal v7.4.3.4 through v7.4.3.8 and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 5 does not check if the origin of event messages it receives matches the origin of the Remote App, allowing attackers to exfiltrate the CSRF token via a crafted event message.
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

Is GHSA-ghw5-998m-vw4w in your dependencies?

O3 detects GHSA-ghw5-998m-vw4w across Maven dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.

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