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How Can I Assign Roles to Users When Importing from LDAP?

Issue When importing users to Liferay DXP from LDAP, they are not being assigned the roles I want them to have from my LDAP server. Environment Liferay DXP LDAP Resolution In Liferay DXP, Users are imported from LDAP by Group In Liferay, create a User Group in Liferay with the same name...

Lodash Security Vulnerability in Theme Dependencies

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Issue In the Liferay theme dependencies, Lodash versions 3.10.1 and below are used extensively as dependencies throughout. Versions of Lodash prior to 4.17.5 suffer from a security risk: CVE-2018-3721 Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Liferay DXP 7.1 Liferay Theme Generator Resolution Impact...

Generating SAML Metadata with HTTPS

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Issue This article documents how to generate a SAML metadata XML file that also has HTTPS enabled. Environment Liferay Portal 6.2, DXP 7.0, DXP 7.1 Any web server Resolution In order to generate a SAML metadata.xml file that has HTTPS enabled, the following steps are necessary: Generate...

Why are user accounts shared when I have multiple LDAP servers configured?

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Issue When a Liferay DXP bundle is configured to communicate with two or more LDAP servers there can be issues with user importing and users logging in. Example: If Liferay DXP is communicating with two LDAP servers, and each of those servers has a user with a screenname of jsmith, then...

Updated Email Addresses in LDAP are not Imported to Liferay DXP 7.0

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Issue This article documents a product limitation and a possible workaround for importing a user whose email address was updated in LDAP into a Liferay DXP instance. Environment Liferay DXP LDAP server Resolution This is actually a limitation and intended behavior. By default, Liferay...

Using MS ADFS & Liferay SAML Integration

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Liferay Support does not recommend or endorse specific third-party products over others. Liferay is not responsible for any instructions herein or referenced regarding these products. Any implementation of these principles is the responsibility of the subscriber. This article documents a...

Remove the Ability to Add JavaScript in the Control Panel's Site Pages

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Issue Disable the ability to add JavaScript to pages on DXP 7.0 and thus prevent malicious code injections. Environment DXP 7.0 Fix Pack 60+ This functionality was introduced in DXP 7.0 Fix Pack 60 Resolution Install DXP 7.0 Fix Pack 60 or higher. In the portal-ext.properties, add the...

Deployment of SAML plugin does not display SAML admin screen

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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. Event/Use Case I downloaded the "Liferay Connector to SAML 2.0" from...

Using Shibboleth 3 as IdP + SAML Integration

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Liferay Support does not recommend or endorse specific third-party products over others. Liferay is not responsible for any instructions herein or referenced regarding these products. Any implementation of these principles is the responsibility of the subscriber. This article documents a...

Behavior when a session expires while posting on the bulletin board

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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 What happens if I am editing a thread or message on the BBS widget and...

How to change the number of digits in the CSRF token parameter "p_auth

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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 Can I change the number of digits in the CSRF token parameter "p_auth"?...

The screen name cannot be an email address or a reserved word

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Issue When trying to log in with an Active Directory user, sign-in failed with the below error ERROR [http-nio-8080-exec-9][BaseSamlStrutsAction:59] Screen name test@liferay.com for user 34945 must validate with com.liferay.portal.kernel.security.auth.DefaultScreenNameValidator: The...

Liferay Security Scanning

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Issue What procedures does Liferay follow to perform security scanning? Environment Liferay DXP Resolution Liferay uses DAST and SAST tools for scanning. Pen test and manual code reviews are performed as well. The internal procedures are classified as proprietary information since a lot...

Link doesn't work in Knowledge base when a non-standard protocol is chosen.

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Issue When adding the notes:// protocol to a link in Knowledge Base, AntiSamy removes it and displays it as text. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2, 7.3 Resolution By default, everything is sanitized by AntiSamy, with 3 exceptions (JournalArticle, BlogsEntry and FragmentEntry). Knowledge...

WeDeploy Auth Admin Portlet in Liferay DXP 7.0 Fix Packs

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When deploying Liferay DXP 7.0 Fix Pack 24, 25, 26 or 27, the WeDeploy Auth Admin portlet will appear in the Control Panel. WeDeploy is currently a beta product. The addition of this portlet will have no impact or security risk. Installing an affected fix pack will result in the...

Configuring Theme-Embedded Portlets After Deploying Security-Hotfix-11-6012

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This article is a legacy article. It applies to previous versions of the Liferay product. While the article is no longer maintained, the information may still be applicable. Security-hotfix-11-6012, which is available for Liferay Portal 6.0 EE SP2, is preventing embedded portlets from...

Avoiding Authentication Errors With IE8 and IE9

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This article is a legacy article. It applies to previous versions of the Liferay product. While the article is no longer maintained, the information may still be applicable. When a session of Liferay times-out, an Invalid Authentication error is displayed. When the error is displayed, it...

Applying Security Update 2012-05-25 requires Tunnel-web

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This article is a legacy article. It applies to previous versions of the Liferay product. While the article is no longer maintained, the information may still be applicable. When trying to apply Security Update 2012-05-25 the following error message occurs: "security-hotfix-5-6012 ::...

SAML Comprehensive Quick Start Guide for Liferay Portal

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This is a comprehensive article that documents the steps for how to set up SAML on Liferay Portal 6.2 EE. In addition, this article covers the different ways that SAML can be implemented and utilized. SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) is an XML-based open standard data format for...

Are Unique Email Addresses Required for Authentication

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Issue Our company has a few external clients whose users have unique screen names, but all share one email address. This is causing various conflicts such as two users being unable to sign in simultaneously. The error in log looks like this below: WARN [https-jsse-nio-0000-exec-000]...

How to Login after Blacklisting the Sign-In Portlet

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Issue We Blacklisted the Sign-In Portlet with a third-party authentication application and the admin logins were not synchronized in the process and so now we can no longer access our environment. How can we restore access? Environment DXP 7.1 Resolution The best option, in this case,...

Allowing Local Liferay Admin Users to Authenticate when LDAP is Configured on the Virtual Instance

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Context When a main Liferay instance and a second virtual instance are both connected to the same LDAP server, local Liferay admin users are unable to log in when the “Required” box is checked. In the case where the LDAP is connected and the “Enabled” box is checked, all LDAP users are...

SAML IDP is unable to initiate SLO

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Issue SAML Identity Provider is unable to initiate Single Log Out Notes 1. Set the different virtual hosts as below as an example 127.0.0.1www.bbb.com (For IDP) 127.0.0.1www.sp.com (For SP) 2. Using thetest testuser in this test. Make sure the user share the same password in IDP and SP...

Records are not removed from samlspsession table if the user closes the browser instead of logging out

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Issue Records are not removed from `samlspsession` table if the user closes the browser instead of logging out. Steps to reproduce: 1. Setup two instances of Liferay to use SAML - one as IDP and one as SP. log into the SP 2. Verify record is created in the SAMLSPSESSION table (in the SP...

Resource and Global scopes tabs are not listing under oAuth2 administration scopes

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Issue I not see the Resource and Global Sub-tabs under the Scopes tab on Oauth2 clients (in Control Panel/ OAuth2 Administration) Environment 7.3+ Resolution After https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPS-105158 the scope graphic interface change. There is an explanation on...

Can both Liferay and LDAP Password policies be enabled at the same time?

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Issue Is there a way to make both of Liferay and LDAP policies work together, so that users logging via Liferay authentication will be handled by Liferay's password policies and users authenticating with LDAP will be handled by LDAP's password policies? Environment 7.2 DXP Resolution If...

EU Login via OpenID Connect needs Proof Key for Code Exchange (PKCE)

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Issue I would like to integrate my portal with an EU Login mock server instance via OpenID Connect It does not work since the OpenID connect server needs Proof Key for Code Exchange (PKCE) After configuration, when I am being redirected from Liferay to the EU Login server instance, I am...

LDAP Import Enabled under SAML settings

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Issue What is the actual functionality of LDAP Import Enabledunder SAML settings Environment Liferay DXP 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 SAML Resolution Checking LDAP Import Enabled under SAML settings affects 3 functions: 1. The SAML NameID or SAML attributes (depending on the selected “User Resolution”...

Authentication flow in Liferay when LDAP is enabled

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Issue Liferay is configured to use LDAP When Liferay Authentication will happen? When LDAP Authentication will happen? Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 -7.4 Resolution LDAP authentication always happens before Liferay Authentication. That is becauseLDAPAuthservice is registered...

I would like to control email notifications to Liferay strangers.

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Issue How are strangers defined by Liferay? How can I control email notifications to strangers upon signup? Environment DXP 7.3+ Resolution The SAML property defining unknown users as strangers was introduced in DXP 7.3. (1) This property defines if users that do not exist already in the...

How to get rid of SSLHandshakeException?

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Issue When trying to access the site URL, the console displays the following exception, and the site is inaccessible. javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Received fatal alert: handshakefailure javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Received fatal alert: handshakefailure at...

Need to hide Liferay Auth token as it is visible in Page source

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Issue When using the burp suite tool to intercept traffic, the Liferay Auth token is visible in the Page Source, which could make the environment vulnerable in the user's view. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0+ Resolution This observed behavior is expected and poses no security risk. The...

When logging in with an OpenID Provider, the portal shows "Internal Server Error"

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Issue When configuring an OpenID Provider and trying to log in with an user, the callback to the portal shows an error message similar to the one below: Internal Server Error An error occurred while accessing the requested resource....

Is Liferay creating cookies site base?

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Issue Is Liferay creating a cookies site base? If so, where exactly on the Liferay server would all the cookies be physically kept? Environment Liferay DXP 7.1 Liferay DXP 7.2 Liferay DXP 7.3 Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution The majority of Liferay's cookies are of the "Persistent" type. As...

Users who are not registered with Liferay application are able to log in

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Issue Users who are not registered with the Liferay application are able to log in even though they have no connections. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 to 7.4 Resolution Users log into Liferay DXP by using the Sign In widget, which uses the database to authenticate the user based on...

SSO at site level

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Issue Is there any OOTB option to configure SAML for two sites on the same instance? Whether creating a new instance for a site would help to configure SAML? Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Liferay DXP 7.3 Resolution Is there any OOTB option to configure SAML for two sites on the same...

Enabling information about server errors in the JSON response

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Issue There is no error messages from api json services. How to manage the serialization and access to Json services In Liferay Portal 6.2 or DXP7.0 the server response is serialized and shows information related with server errors but now their are empty. Environment Liferay DXP...

Use Custom certificate and Let's encrypt at same time in different domains

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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 We need to have some domains with custom certificates and others using provided Let's Encrypt certificates. Is it possible setting...

Failed to verify signature and/or establish trust using any KeyInfo-derived credentials

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Issue SAML has abruptly stopped working, and no user can log in. The Liferay console contains the following errors: DEBUG [ajp-nio-172.1.129.26-8080-exec-351][BaseSignatureTrustEngine:200] Attempting to establish trust of KeyInfo-derived credential DEBUG...

Does CVE-2022-34305 affect Liferay?

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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 Does CVE-2022-34305 affect Liferay? Environment Liferay DXP 7.0+ solution...

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