{"id":"CVE-2024-38002","title":"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 be…","summary":"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 be…","severity":"critical","cvss":9.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-862"],"vendor":"Liferay","product":"Portal","affected":["Portal >= 7.3.2 <= 7.3.7","Portal >= 7.4.0 <= 7.4.3.111","DXP >= 7.3.10 <= 7.3.10-u36","DXP >= 7.4.13 <= 7.4.13-u92","DXP >= 2023.Q3.1 <= 2023.Q3.8","DXP >= 2023.Q4.0 <= 2023.Q4.5"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2025-08-21T00:00:00+00:00"},"published":"2024-10-22","updated":"2026-11-09","sourceUpdated":"2026-11-09T09:10:15.972Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38002","references":[{"url":"https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2024-38002"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.00648,"epssPercentile":0.51334,"ingestedAt":"2026-11-09T10:09:22.809Z","slug":"CVE-2024-38002","body":"## Overview\n\nThe 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 non-authenticated users to modify workflow definitions and execute arbitrary code (RCE) via the headless API.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `Portal >= 7.3.2 <= 7.3.7`\n- `Portal >= 7.4.0 <= 7.4.3.111`\n- `DXP >= 7.3.10 <= 7.3.10-u36`\n- `DXP >= 7.4.13 <= 7.4.13-u92`\n- `DXP >= 2023.Q3.1 <= 2023.Q3.8`\n- `DXP >= 2023.Q4.0 <= 2023.Q4.5`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":51,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":51.2,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}