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CVE-2019-16891: Liferay Portal Allows RCE via Deserialization of a JSON Payload

May 24, 2022 (updated August 8, 2025)

Liferay Portal CE 7.1.0 and earlier allows remote command execution because of deserialization of a JSON payload.

References

  • dappsec.substack.com/p/an-advisory-for-cve-2019-16891-from
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-372h-p48h-xw8q
  • github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
  • liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cst-7111
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16891
  • www.liferay.com/downloads-community
  • www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjMEfQW3bf0

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Affected versions

All versions before 7.1.1

Fixed versions

  • 7.1.1

Solution

Upgrade to version 7.1.1 or above.

Impact 9.8 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Source file

maven/com.liferay.portal/release.portal.bom/CVE-2019-16891.yml

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