CVE-2024-38002 CRITICAL

CVE-2024-38002

Vendor Liferay
Product Portal
Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization
Published October 22, 2024
Last update October 13, 2025
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CVSS base score

9.0/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The workflow component in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.5, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.8, 7.4 GA through update 92 and 7.3 GA through update 36 does not properly check user permissions before updating a workflow definition, which allows remote authenticated users to modify workflow definitions and execute arbitrary code (RCE) via the headless API.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 22, 2024 CVE published
October 13, 2025 Record updated