Site Search - Liferay Learn

'Authentication Search Filter' for Users in LDAP

Issue At the moment, we are using LDAP server connection to authenticate our users. Our question is: in which moment the query to authenticate users is executed? More exactly, when the field 'Authentication Search...

Tomcat Vulnerability Impact (CVE-2023-28708)

legacy

Please be aware that the page you are viewing has been machine translated from Japanese into English and may contain some translation errors. If you observe any issues with the translation, please contact us. Issue...

Are URLs that display/download Liferay JS information a vulnerability?

legacy

Issue Some monitoring tools may identify certain URLs that are accessible during routine scans that should not have allowed access. Among the URLs that are typically detected are URLs that can download Liferay's JS...

What is the user password algorithm and format of the stored passwords?

legacy

Issue We would like to understand the formatting of passwords as they're saved in Liferay. What algorithm, salt, and hash format is being used to store passwords? Environment DXP 7.1 Resolution Example Password:...

When trying to access a user's private page, a "404 Page Not Found" populates instead of the Login prompt

legacy

Issue When trying to access a user's private page, we are transferred to a "404 Page Not Found" error page instead of the Login page that we were expecting. Environment DXP 7.4 Quarterly Release Resolution Not being...

Web Server keeps asking for basic authentication when using a Client Extension that makes a request via OAuth to Liferay API

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue A Web Server before the Liferay environment is configured with Basic Auth. Liferay uses a Client Extension (CX) that makes a request to a Liferay API using OAuth. When the page using the CX is loaded, the Web...

Microsoft Azure Key Vault with Liferay DB

legacy How To

Issue Can we use Azure Key Vault with DB setup configuration in Liferay instead of having it in plain text in the properties file? Is there any way to configure the DB in Liferay using Azure Key Vault? How we can use...

'Email Account Activity: New Sign-In detected for your account' received which is an unwanted email

legacy

Issue Receiving unwanted email notifications like "Your email account abc@xyz.org.in was signed into from a new location, device, browser, or application" from GoDaddy. Below are the details received: From:...

Service Organization Control (SOC) -1 Type 2 report

legacy

Issue Service Organization Control (SOC) -1 Type 2 report for auditing purposes. Environment Liferay DXP Resolution The SOC-1 report focuses on financial controls and their evaluation and this reporting is not...

Liferay's OpenID Connect implementation does not account for language variations for ui_locales

legacy

Issue Liferay's OpenID Connect implementation does not account for language variations for ui_locales. For example, Selecting English (United States) on Liferay sets ui_locales to en. Selecting Chinese (either Traditional...

A blank SAML redirect screen is seen even with redirect message disabled

legacy

Issue A blank intermediary page (showing "Please select your identity provider" title and /portal/c/portal/login?redirect=%2Fportal%2F&refererPlid=[sanitized]&p_l_id=[sanitized] URL) is being seen even with the hotfix...

Polyfill.io Vulnerability: Is Liferay affected?

legacy

Issue An attribute polyfill:true is observed in the source code of the website. Does it have anything to do with the domain 'https://polyfill.io'? Is Liferay affected by the Polyfill.js vulnerability? ...

Enable/Disable Multi-Factor Authentication

legacy How To

Issue If there is any problem related with the way two-factor is working or do you simply want to deactivate it for some reason. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 2023 Q1 - 2023 Q4 2024 Q1 Resolution There are two...

Provide other permissions to Guest user beside just view permission

legacy

Issue Can users give permission to the guest users to use the headless API to create, update, delete, etc. for documents & media, besides just the VIEW permission? Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution These...

Can you add a theme or fragments to action pages?

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue How do I add fragments to action pages like /c/portal/update_password and /c/portal/update_reminder_query? Our theme reverts on utility/action pages /c/ When a user is taken to the...

The Impersonation Attempt Fails Without Errors in the Logs or UI

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue Admin users are unable to impersonate other users. When attempting to impersonate, a new tab opens, but it remains on the original user. Impersonation attempts fail, the `doAsUserId?` is missing from...

Is Liferay vulnerable to CVE-2023-50164?

legacy

Issue After running a scan, we received an alert about a possible vulnerability in Liferay. We want to confirm if we are vulnerable to CVE-2023-50164. Environment All environments. Resolution Liferay is not...

Deprecation of Liferay Sync

legacy

Issue I'd like to inquire about the support for Liferay 7.4 in the Liferay Sync. Currently, the Compatibility Matrix only lists support for Liferay DXP 7.3. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4+ Resolution Liferay Sync got...

Vulnerability on spring-web

legacy

Issue The security scanner flagged the Liferay with the security vulnerability due to the JAR containing the vulnerable classes, reported here CVE-2016-1000027. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution It's been...

The users imported from LDAP cannot change their password

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue The users who were imported from LDAP cannot modify their passwords from My Account. Environment All Liferay DXP environments Resolution Make sure that LDAP Export option is enabled. Ensure that the credentials...

Redirecting to login page when authenticated via SAML returns a 500 error

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue Navigating to to the login page /c/portal/login on the SP throws a 500 error when already logged in through SAML. Environment DXP 7.3 DXP 7.4 Resolution This is a known issue affecting DXP 7.4 U80 and lower and...

GDPR-compliant 3rd party cookie handling in 7.3

legacy

Issue Can you backport GDPR-compliant 3rd party cookie handling to 7.3 SP3? Environment The feature got implemented in DXP 7.4.13-u66. Backporting this feature to 7.3 is not feasible. Resolution There are 3 options...

A simple example and key factors to check when testing custom OAuth 2.0 applications

legacy How To

Issue You have created an OAuth 2.0 application and would like to set up the minimum configuration to be able to test it. This article provides a simple example that could be adapted to your needs....

OpenID Connect Client Secret field must be filled

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue I configured an OpenID Connect Provider Connection. When I try to login using the OpenID Connect Client Name, I get an internal server error. In logs, a java exception is thrown: WARN [http...

Residual risk after limiting the usage of unsafe-eval and unsafe-inline

legacy

Issue Can the derivatives unsafe-eval and unsafe-inline be exploited? If yes, how it is done? What is the residual risk associated with this? Can Content Security Policy (CSP) be resolved by adding a reverse...

Remove extend_session for Guest users

legacy

Issue Guest users should not be able to see the extend_session message in the browser once the session has expired. Environment Liferay DXP [7.1-7.4, Quarterly Releases] Resolution Post observing the time...

Access revoked after task assignment to another user

legacy How To

Issue Once the user assigns the task to another user, then the previous user loses access to that task and is unable to see that in the 'Assigned to my roles' tab of 'My workflow Tasks'. Steps to reproduce: 1....

CVE-2013-3587- enable of HTTP compression

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue Security vulnerability CVE-2013-3587 details a breach attack that is possible with the enable of HTTP compression and Deflate. Steps to see the behvaior: Navigate to any of the pages on the Liferay server....

How to Disable CAPTCHA on Server Admin Pages

legacy How To

Issue How do you disable CAPTCHA on pages? Site Administration pages like the Gogo Shell now have a CAPTCHA verification. How do you disable CAPTCHA on pages? Adding “-1” (Never Check), doesn’t work....

Security Issue: CVE-2024-28752 - Apache CXF

legacy

Issue Security vulnerability CVE-2024-28752 details a SSRF vulnerability with the Aegis DataBinding in versions of Apache CXF before 4.0.4, 3.6.3, and 3.5.8, which would allow an attacker to perform SSRF style attacks...

LDAP import PermissionChecker not initialized

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue When importing users by Groups and enabling ‘Creating Roles on Import’, the roles and groups will be created/imported, but the users are not imported. Error reads PermissionChecker not initialized...

User enumeration attack via response time

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue It is possible to determine if an email address is valid or not (i.e., user enumeration) by comparing the request's response time. This can be done by checking the browser's network tab and comparing...

How do we Toggle Requirement for Strangers to Verify their Email Address

legacy How To

Issue How do we toggle the requirement for strangers to verify their email address Environment DXP 7.4 Resolution This setting can be toggled by going to: Instance Settings > User Authentication. From here, you can...

Checking for vulnerability to CVE-2022-42889

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue Is our Liferay instance vulnerable to CVE-2022-42889? Environment DXP 7.4, DXP 7.3, DXP 7.2, DXP 7.1, DXP 7.0 Resolution Look for commons-text in ${liferay.home}/license/versions.html, if you do not find it, you...

How to reduce difficulty on captcha for Liferay DXP 7.2

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue The captcha generated in the login is unreadable, even for humans. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution Go to System Settings > Security Tools. Find and delete the following properties: ...

CVE-2023-33950

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue We would like to determine whether Liferay is vulnerable to CVE-2023-33950 The CVE claims that Pattern Redirects in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.48 through 7.4.3.76, and Liferay DXP 7.4 update 48 through 76 allow regular...

Security Issue Concerning Google Guava Versions 1.0 to 32

legacy How To

Issue There is a present vulnerability with Google Guava that affects the versions from 1.0 to 31.1. Liferay is currently bundled with Guava. It has been reported that...

How to test for vulnerabilitity to CVE-2020-7961

legacy How To

Issue We would like to determine if we are vulnerable to CVE-2020-7961. Environment DXP 7.3, DXP 7.2, DXP 7.1, DXP 7.0 Resolution The steps to test for vulnerability to CVE-2020-7961 are as follows: 1. Start your...

Relay state exceeds 80 bytes

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue After configuring SAML, I see Relay state exceeds 80 bytes WARN messages in the logs. How can I prevent the transmission of relay states larger than 80 bytes? Environment DXP 7.X Resolution This issue was...

CVE-2020-28885 and CVE-2020-28884

legacy

Issue We would like to know about Liferay's vulnerability to CVE-2020-28885 and CVE-2020-28884. The CVE's claim that it is a vulnerability for an Administrator User to be able to inject commands through the Gogo Shell...

Search Results