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CVE-2020-15841

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-15841 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Liferay Portal before version 7.3.0 and Liferay DXP 7.0, 7.1, and 7.2. The flaw allows remote attackers to obtain the LDAP server's password due to unsafe connection testing within the "Test LDAP Connection" feature. With a CVSS score of 8.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:7.0:fix_pack_13:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:7.0:fix_pack_14:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:7.0:fix_pack_24:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:7.0:fix_pack_25:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.3HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0151 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bomFixed in: 7.3.0
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomFixed in: 7.0.10.fp89
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomFixed in: 7.1.10.fp17
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomFixed in: 7.2.10.fp4

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-773f-f929-qgjjhigh

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Potentially Reveal LDAP Server Password via Unsafe Connection

May 24, 2022

References

issues.liferay.com / browse/LPE-16928
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
portal.liferay.dev / learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/119317439
PatchVendor Advisory