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User did not provide a valid CSRF token Error

Issue Portlet Action requests intermittently returning a 403 error code. In the logs the following error message regarding invalid CSRF token gets printed whenever the 403 error is thrown. "User [user_id] did not provide...

Email Address Validation for Forgot Password

Issue The Forgot Password option does not validate if the user enters a correct email address. You can enter anything and the field will accept it. Two types of validation are expected: Email format validation (to...

Login URL Parameters Reported as Security Threat

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Issue Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT) reports the parameters passed in the login request as a security threat. How can these parameters be removed or mitigated? Environment Liferay DXP 7.4+...

User profile is visible when accessing the /web/test

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Issue When accessing localhost:8080/web/test, the user profile is visible to guest users. The concern is that the user data being accessible to guest users poses a security threat. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4...

Password syntax checking error does not appear when configuring with Minimum Lowercase 1 when creating a new account

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Issue I have an issue with checking the password syntax. When they configure the password syntax with Minimum Lowercase 1, Minimum Symbols 1, and Minimum Uppercase 1, try to create an account for a guest user, type a...

How to allow unauthenticated (guest user) requests for GraphQL

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Issue I implemented ReactJS Widget that relies on GraphQL requests for custom object values, with a widget exposing object entries to the public. However, unauthenticated GrapQL requests are disabled by default and...

Can Liferay pass User Roles to the Service Provider?

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Issue In a SAML configuration where Liferay acts as the Identity Provider, is Liferay able to pass its User Roles to the Service Provider? Environment Liferay 7.4 Resolution Yes, it is possible. Liferay will send...

SAML - Can you end the Identity Provider's session when the Service Provider's session times out?

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Issue We have Liferay configured as a SAML Service Provider (SP), and we use third-party software as the Identity Provider (IdP) Our IdP is used for multiple applications, so its session timeout is set for a...

Is integration of mTLS possible in Liferay?

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Issue We are required to use mTLS (Mutual Transport Layer Security) for certain requests Is it possible to integrate mTLS with Liferay? Environment DXP 7.4 Quarterly Releases Resolution Yes, it is possible to...

Tomcat's vulnerability CVE-2023-44487

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Issue Is DXP 7.4 affected by Tomcat's Rapid Reset CVE-2023-44487? Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution If user is not using Tomcat with DXP, then it is not affected by “Tomcat's Rapid Reset CVE-2023-44487”. If...

Is Liferay vulnerable to CVE-2024-38819: SpringFramework (spring-core-5.3.39)?

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Issue CVE-2024-38819: Path traversal vulnerability in functional web frameworks (2nd report) is related to the usage of WebMvc.jar. Is Liferay vulnerable to this vulnerability? Environment Liferay DXP 7.3...

Vulnerabilities reported in classes generated by Liferay Service Builder

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Issue While performing security scans, there are vulnerabilities found in custom classes that are generated by Liferay Service Builder. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution Sometimes, these warnings are...

Is there a release date for implementing the Content Security Policy (CSP) at Liferay?

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Issue If CSP is in beta mode, how is Liferay protecting its system from vulnerability? Is there a timescale for when the CSP will be fully deployed in the portal? Once the CSP has been successfully implemented,...

How to change the generated OTP from alphanumeric to numeric in multi-factor authentication?

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NOTE: The following resolution requires customization and should only be implemented at the discretion of your team. Liferay Support will not be able to assist with designing or implementing customizations. Issue...

Vulnerability CVE-2024-52046 in Liferay DXP

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Issue Is Liferay vulnerable to the vulnerability described in CVE-2024-52046? Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 and above Resolution Liferay uses the affected Apache Mina library (`mina-core`) only in LDAP-related code. If...

"http://localhost:8080/o/oauth2/authorize" URL redirect to the Login Page

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Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue When accessing the OAuth2 authorization URL...

Getting BadPaddingException errors in the logs after an upgrade

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Issue After upgrading Liferay DXP, javax.crypto.BadPaddingException errors appear in the logs when using 'Auto Login' feature ('Remember me'). Example error message: ERROR [AutoLoginFilter:247] Current URL /home...

SAML Logout Issues: Multiple Login Entries and Optimistic Locking Exceptions

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Issue When a user logs out after authenticating via SAML, multiple login entries might be recorded in the audit logs. This can lead to HibernateOptimisticLockingException errors, particularly during...

In SAML setup user is not getting login in the SP and receiving warning on the UI

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Issue After setting up the SAML process, the user tries to log in receiving the warning below and not being logged in. Environment Liferay 2023.Q4.0 Resolution If users are setting up an identity provider as...

SAML Authentication Error: "This message decoder only supports the HTTP POST method

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Issue The following SAML errors appear in the Liferay logs: ERROR [http-nio-8080-exec-5][BaseSamlStrutsAction:53] org.opensaml.messaging.decoder.MessageDecodingException: This message decoder only supports the...

Unexpected SAML calls: com.liferay.saml.internal.servlet.filter.SpSessionTerminationSamlPortalFilter.doProcessFilter

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Issue When navigating through the portal with SAML disabled, there are a few SAML-related filters that are still being processed, leading to database calls and causing slower performance. at...

CORS request is failing

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Issue If the user allows any origin (Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *) to access the resource, the CORS request fails. Steps to reproduce: 1. Start Liferay DXP 7.4 U90 2. Navigate to Control Panel > Instance...

LIFERAY.HEADLESS.DELIVERY scope missing or delayed in OAuth 2 applications

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Issue The LIFERAY.HEADLESS.DELIVERY scope is missing or delayed in appearing when creating or managing OAuth 2 applications. The issue can occur intermittently, with the scope sometimes appearing after a delay of...

Is it possible to offer both SAML and OIDC as SSO options?

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Issue Both SAML and OpenID Connect(OIDC) can be configured on the same Liferay instance. However, the option to authenticate using OIDC is missing whenever SAML is enabled. Is it possible for a user to select either SSO...

Audit Events filtered by date/time are not being exported accurately

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Issue When using using the Audit Export Feature, filters for date and time are not applied accurately in the resulting CSV file. The exported file may not include entries explicitly requested by the filter. For...

I want to skip OpenID Connect provider selector at sign in if there is only one provider

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Issue We want to bypass the client selection screen because there is only one OpenID Client to choose. Environment Quarterly Releases Resolution There is a Feature Request opened for this which is currently under...

Vulnerabilities for spring-web and spring-core

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Issue Vulnerabilities remain unresolved in spring-web and spring-core, even after a fix was applied to spring-context. For spring-web: Vulnerable component: org.springframework:spring-web:5.3.39 For spring-core:...

Is Session Prediction Possible in Liferay

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Issue Is it possible an attacker could predict the JSESSIONID and gain unauthorized access, referencing an example from a 'Session Prediction' article? Explanation of Issue Using the "Catalog" Page in Postman: If a...

Enabling both Liferay's default login and SAML login so that users can use either option

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Issue I would like to configure and enable SAML login while also having Liferay's default login available to users so that they can have two options for logging in. Environment DXP 7.4+ Quarterly Release Resolution...

Resolving 401 Errors When Using Authorization Bearer Tokens in RestBuilder APIs

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Issue When making calls to a REST API service created with RestBuilder that includes the Authorization Bearer token header, the responses often return a 401 Unauthorized status. However, when the same service is...

Is Liferay Vulnerable to CVE-2023-45960?

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Issue I would like to know if Liferay is vulnerable to CVE-2023-45960? Is Liferay affected by CVE-2023-45960? Environment Quarterly Release 2024.Q1.7 Resolution The NIST listing for CVE-2023-45960 has been withdrawn and...

Enabling real-time antivirus scanning without asynchronous background scans

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Issue We would like to enable real-time antivirus scanning for uploaded files but disable asynchronous background scanning of the document library. The issue arises because: Enabling...

High CPU and memory use with stacktraces associated to password encryption

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Issue The environment starts using a large amount of CPU and also memory. Reviewing thread dumps taking during that time, there are many threads associated to PBKDF2PasswordEncryptor.encrypt, such as:...

Embedding videos using basic web content

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Issue When we try to embed a video using <iframe> tags, during the creation the video displays, however after publishing the content and editing it again, the video is not displayed anymore and the source is updated...

Unable to get OpenID Connect's link to work after upgrading to a Quarterly Release

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Issue After upgrading to Quarterly Release 2023.Q3.4 from DXP 7.3, we've found that OpenID Connect is no longer working. The button is no longer populating within the UI even after enabling it using this article:...

Liferay Throws java.lang.ClassCastException: class org.apache.xerces.parsers on Login

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Issue Liferay throws a ClassCastException after upgrading, the upgrade logs show no errors. Liferay throws an error after non-graceful shutdown ERROR [http-nio-8080-exec-8][AutoLoginFilter:247] Current URL...

SCIM API is not working as expected to link existing users to SCIM Client

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Issue I'm unable to use the PUT API to update users as linked to the SCIM Client. I'm not able to add new users and then update them using the PUT API linking them to the SCIM client. Environment 2024.Q1+ Resolution...

Is Liferay DXP affected by CVE-2024-38286?

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Issue Is Liferay DXP affected by CVE-2024-38286? CVE-2024-38286 is an Apache Tomcat vulnerability wherein Apache Tomcat, under certain configurations on any platform, allows an attacker to cause an OutOfMemoryError by...

Password for LDAP and Liferay users should not expire

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Issue After integrating Liferay with the LDAP server for users, the passwords for the users are expiring after some time and are required to be reset again. Is there any way for the passwords to never...

Multi-Factor Authentication via SMS

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Issue We want to set up MFA via SMS without using any external Apps. Is this possible with Liferay out-of-the-box? Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Liferay DXP 7.3 Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution MFA by SMS is not...

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