CVE-2024-38002: Liferay Digital Experience Platform

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Liferay Digital Experience Platform: from 2023.q3.1, before 2023.q3.9 (fixed in 2023.q3.9); from 2023.q4.0, before 2023.q4.6 (fixed in 2023.q4.6); version 7.3 only; version 7.4 only
• Liferay Liferay Portal: from 7.3.2, up to and including 7.3.7; from 7.4.0, before 7.4.3.112 (fixed in 7.4.3.112)

Published 2024-10-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.