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How to protect the portal against Bootstrap: CVE-2019-8331 vulnerability

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Issue Liferay 7.0 uses a Bootstrap versión that has this vulnerability: CVE-2019-8331 - XSS is possible in the tooltip or popover data-template attribute. Bootstrap issue 20184 - XSS in data-target attribute....

InvalidNameIDPolicy errors

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Issue The following error occurs while configuring Liferay as SP and ADFS as Idp. At Liferay

Error "Invalid domain for site key" when using reCAPTCHA

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Issue When using Google's reCAPTCHA, the CAPTCHA option won't show, instead the message "Invalid domain for site key" is displayed where the CAPTCHA should be. Environment Any Liferay DXP version with...

log4j-core-2.13.3.jar exists inside the fix pack

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Issue This article highlights the concern with the following path of log4j lower version jars. {liferay_home}/patching-tool/patches/liferay-fix-pack-dxp-16-7210.zip!binaries/MODULES_BASE_PATH/marketplace/Liferay...

After changing the password, site members are not redirected to a page where they don't have the guest view permission

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Issue After changing the password, site members are not redirected to a page Steps to reproduce: 1) Start the server, login as Admin 2) Create a new page e.g. /testpage and remove the VIEW permission for the Guest...

The birthday is reset to {01/01/1970} on LDAP import

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Issue Every time a user is logged in, the birthday is automatically updated to the default value {01-01-1970}. We configured the LDAP server in Instance Settings. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Liferay DXP 7.3...

Known vulnereabilities in jackson-databind-2.9.6

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Issue apio-architect-impl has a dependency of jackson-databind-2.9.6 which has the following known vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-19362 CVE-2018-19361 CVE-2018-19360 CVE-2018-14721 CVE-2018-14720 CVE-2018-14719...

Apache Log4j 1.x has reached its end-of-life

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Issue Log4j 1.x has reached end-of-life status: https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/apache_logging_services_project_announces Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Liferay DXP 7.1 Liferay DXP 7.2 Liferay DXP 7.3 ...

Unable to bind to the LDAP server javax.naming.CommunicationException: [Root exception is java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory cannot be found by com.liferay.saml.web_

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Issue During the time of portal login using the LDAP users, the user('s) are able to log in successfully, LDAP connections have an active connection but observed the below warnings in the Liferay log. 2021-12-17...

SAML Authentication Issue: Message context was not authenticated when Azure AD as IDP

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Issue After enabling the SAML, when the user is trying to log in, authentication failed with the following message. ERROR [http-nio-8080-exec-36][BaseSamlStrutsAction:59]...

Can Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) be set for specific roles only?

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Issue We want to set up MFA for Administrators only. Is this possible with Liferay out-of-the-box? Can we target specific users to sign in using multi-factor authentication? Environment DXP 7.4 DXP 7.3 DXP 7.2 ...

How to enable CSRF Token in Liferay?

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Issue How to enable CSRF Token in order to prevent CSRF attacks in Liferay? Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution Liferay's p_auth token protects against CSRF and is enabled by default. Here is the main...

How to prevent an AD user from logging into Liferay using the old password if LDAP authentication cannot set to be required

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Issue After the user changes the password in Microsoft Active Directory (AD), the user can still log into Liferay using the old password. If enabling "Required" option, the issue can be resolved. But users created manually...

How can the p_auth authorization token be generated?

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Issue Liferay protects itself against CSRF attacks by generating the p_auth authorization token. How can this token be created? Environment DXP 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 Resolution When "auth.token.check.enabled=true" is set in...

Automated process to remove users from Liferay that are no longer in LDAP?

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Issue Is there a way to automatically remove users from Liferay who are no longer in LDAP? Environment Liferay DXP 7.1 Resolution There's no automated process to do this out of the box. However, a feature request...

Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability report on refererPlid or other parameters

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Issue During a penetration test, a Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability may be reported, indicating that you can inject a script into the refererPlid parameter or into the...

When resetting a password, duplicate error messages appear

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Issue Duplicate error messages show up when resetting the password Steps to reproduce: 1. Start and set up Liferay DXP 7.3 SP1 using the setup wizard. The email can be set as test@liferay.com and the password as a...

The behavior of bypassing SAML SSO has changed

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Issue There is a use case in which a subset of users are meant to bypass SAML SSO and login directly to the Liferay SP. On Liferay 7.2 dxp-8, users successfully used the following URL to achieve this:...

How to kill the session on browser (tab or window) close?

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Issue The user session should be terminated immediately if they close the browser tab or window. Environment DXP 7.0 + Resolution Liferay maintains the session of 30 minutes by default and Liferay doesn't provide any...

Reset Connection option is missing on the License page in DXP 7.3

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Issue The reset connection option is missing on the License page in DXP 7.3 which is available on the previous releases. Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 GA1 Resolution This is a known limitation of the product that might...

Disable password verification for SSO users

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Issue When changing the screen name or email address of a user, the portal now requires a password verification. This was not a requirement for previous versions of Liferay. Environment DXP 7.3+ Resolution This is a...

I cannot create new Virtual Instance with error Screen name must not be null

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Issue When I try to create a new Virtual Instance, the portal displays the error "Your request failed to complete". The portal log shows the following error: ERROR [default...

Importing LDAP settings through osgi/config files does not import password

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Issue LDAP settings can be imported into the Liferay environment using osgi/config files These settings are imported into System Settings, and can then be configured for an individual instance in Instance Settings When...

Avoid or allow that some applications can be dynamically displayed in a page

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Issue The permissions system for an application (portlet) includes a security check when the application is going to be displayed in a page. Normally, the users should not be able to see applications if the...

Replacing NTLM SSO with Kerberos in Liferay Portal 6.2

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Issue NTLM SSO protocol has some vulnerabilities addressed by Microsoft in CVE-2020-1472 (external link), forcing to use the secure RPC connection. See also How to manage the changes in Netlogon secure channel...

Unable to upload file bigger than 10MB with ClamAVSizeLimitException after enabling Antivirus

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Issue Unable to upload a file bigger than 10MB after enabling antivirus with the following error in the log 2021-07-19 08:35:43.476 ERROR [http-nio-8080-exec-9][PortletServlet:119] javax.portlet.PortletException:...

Known Vulnerabilities with Liferay Fjord Theme and 1975 London Theme

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The following issue may compromise the security of your Liferay Digital Experience Platform implementation. Vulnerability Information The Liferay Fjord Theme and Liferay 1975 London Theme depend on third party...

How can we get a complete picture of a user's activity history?

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Issue Is there a way to find out how and by whom a user was created? Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution The steps below can be used to track user activity. Log in by 'Test' user (Admin User) Create a new user...

How to set up a Mail Server with DXP to receive email notifications?

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Issue This article outlines how to set up a Mail Server and SMTP in Liferay DXP to receive emails. Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Resolution Liferay DXP uses a mail server and SMTP to get email notifications. Liferay...

NTLM and NTLMv2 in Liferay Portal 6.2

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Issue The question is whether Liferay Portal 6.2 supports NTLM and NTLMv2 Environment Liferay Portal 6.2 Resolution The library used in Liferay Portal 6.2 supports both NTLM and NTLMv2 There is a property that can...

Any user who has not securely logged out will have their session terminated?

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Issue Terminating the session of any user who has not properly logged out, for example, who has unexpectedly closed the transaction window, etc. This user does not have to wait for the default time-out to be...

Password verification needed at time of changing user screen name & email address

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Issue Password verification is required whenever a user needs to update its screen name or email address Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Resolution A feature request has been already created in order to add a toggle for...

Externalize Session Management

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Issue The session details should be stored in a centralized server so that it is shared with all the available nodes. Environment Liferay Portal 6.2 Resolution This is a specific business requirement that falls beyond...

Disable Admin password reset email notifications

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Issue The user should not receive the email notification for the password change. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Resolution The requirement is not available out of the box in Liferay. If you want to achieve this...

How to Setup HTTPS on Tomcat for Liferay Portal 6.2 and DXP 7.0

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New Virtual Instance cannot be created if "passwords.default.policy.check.syntax=" is set to true

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Issue If I set passwords.default.policy.check.syntax=true in my portal-ext.properties file, I cannot create a New Virtual Instance I get an error in the logs: ERROR...

Users without Admin role cannot initiate SSO on the SP when using expando fields

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Issue When using expando field as "Name Identifier Attribute Name=expando:concurid", user without Administrator role can not initiate SSO. Steps to reproduce: On IdP end Add a custom field 'field1' for user. Go to SAML...

How to resolve "User 'x' must have 'y' permission" errors encountered while performing staging publication processes

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Issue Our team would like our staging managers to not be administrators, so we are only providing them with select permissions. However, publication attempts encounter errors such as: ERROR...

Sensitive Information disclosed via Application Status 400 Error

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Issue Application Server errors at times may identify software, software versioning and hint at how user input is processed. This sample trace to demonstrate was triggered by having invalid characters (namely a set...

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