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CVE-2020-13445

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-13445 is a critical vulnerability affecting Liferay Portal before 7.3.2 and Liferay DXP versions 7.0, 7.1, and 7.2. It allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by exploiting unrestricted access to sensitive objects within the template API, specifically through crafted FreeMarker and Velocity templates. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.1:ga1:*:*:community:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.1:ga2:*:*:community:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.1:ga3:*:*:community:*:*:*
7.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.1.1:ga2:*:*:community:*:*:*
7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.2:ga1:*:*:community:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0366 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 17,844 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bomFixed in: 7.3.2
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomFixed in: 7.0.10.fp92
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomFixed in: 7.1.10.fp18
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomFixed in: 7.2.10.fp6

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-v377-8f8f-532hhigh

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution

May 24, 2022

References

issues.liferay.com / browse/LPE-17023
PatchVendor Advisory
portal.liferay.dev / learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/119317411
PatchVendor Advisory
securitylab.github.com / advisories/GHSL-2020-043-liferay_ce
ExploitThird Party Advisory