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Can SAML or LDAP be accessed via Liferay APIs?

Issue We would like to remotely configure SAML and/or LDAP authentication using Liferay APIs. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Liferay DXP 7.1 Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution Neither SAML or LDAP APIs are publicly exposed...

Configuring Liferay to display CAPTCHA's with numbers only - 7.2

Issue Configuring Liferay to display CAPTCHA's with numbers only instead of alphanumeric characters. Environment This issue affects Liferay 7.2 Resolution While the default CAPTCHAs in Liferay generated by...

Is it possible to set different Authentication methods for different sites in the same portal instance

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Issue Is it possible to set different Authentication methods for different sites in the same portal instance? Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution Currently, it is not possible to use different authentication methods...

Why the error "Failed to bind to the LDAP server with userDN" is thrown in the logs

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Issue What is the reason behind the following error which is thrown in the logs? [LDAPAuth:198] Failed to bind to the LDAP server with userDN CN=VERMA BRIJESH KUMAR...

Will Liferay DXP 7.1 support X-Frame-Options, X-XSS-Protection, X-Content-Type-Options headers?

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Issue Will Liferay DXP 7.1 support X-Frame-Options, X-XSS-Protection, X-Content-Type-Options headers? If yes, how to enable the same. Environment Liferay DXP 7.1 Resolution Liferay DXP 7.1 is already...

Why can't I see the name of the resource in the Audit app?

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Issue I am an Administrator in Liferay DXP Someone deleted an asset (for example an Organization) I check the events in the Audit app (Control Panel > Configuration > Audit) I open the delete event I can only see the...

Impact of Google Chrome 80 and changes in the default behavior of the SameSite cookie setting on SAML

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Issue Updated (May 31, 2021): The behavior is enabled by default since Chrome 84. Updated (April 3, 2020): Chrome is Temporarily rolling back SameSite Cookie Changes Updated (June 12, 2020): Added information about...

Why certain Security Headers are not included in the HTTP Request and Response of Liferay DXP

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Issue The following headers are missing in Liferay: Missing ”X-Content-Type-Options” header Missing ”X-XSS Protection” header Missing ”X-Frame-Options” header Missing ”Content-Security-Policy” header...

No administrative options can be accessed when an F5 load balancer is in front of Liferay forcing a secure protocol

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Issue When a F5 load balancer is in front of Liferay and is forcing a secure protocol, no administrative options can be selected and accessed. On Liferay the following options are configured on the...

Why p_p_auth token is exposed in the URL? Could it be a security risk?

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Issue On Liferay Portal 6.2, p_p_auth token is exposed in the URL. It might be considered as a security risk. Environment Liferay Portal 6.2 Resolution No attacker or other user can use p_p_auth token, only a...

The Forget Password page is vulnerable to CSRF attack

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Issue The Forget Password form can be re-submitted with different cookies which lead to the CSRF issue. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution This is considered as a False Positive, as the user is not logged into...

Page version control information is accessible in sitemap.xml

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Issue Page version control information is accessible in sitemap.xml - such information shall not be exposed for security reasons. Reproduction: 1) Start up bundle 2) Access sitemap...

How to configure validation directives in AntiSamy

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Issue When trying to import content between sites, i.e. knowledge base, a validation error arises: An unexpected error occurred with the publication process. Please check your portal and publishing configuration....

How to review User Permissions on Freemarker and Velocity templates

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Issue After applying the fix for LSV-658, how can I see which users have permissions for (which) Freemarker/Velocity templates, i.e. via the user interface or by a database query? The Mitigation Notes of LSV-658...

Integration of SiteMinder SSO

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Issue How to integrate the SiteMinder SSO with Liferay Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Resolution By default, Token based authentication is disabled in the Liferay. To manage the same, refer to this document Token-based...

Using Active directory, after changing the user password, still user is able to login using the old password

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Issue Using Active directory, after changing the user password, still, a user is able to login using the old password Environment Liferay portal 6.2 Resolution Under Control Panel -> Portal Settings ->...

SAML logout when session expires

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Issue The Single sign-on and Single log out are working fine when the user manually logs out but there is no Single logout happening on the portal session expiry Environment Liferay 7.0 as IdP Resolution Service...

Session Hijacking issue with https connection

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Issue By replacing the sessionId of a logged-in user, the user's session from another browser is replicated. Steps to reproduce Create 2 users like u1, u2 Assign the role for the u1 as "Power user", u2 as "Portal...

Changing password forces users to log in again

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Issue Changing password invalidates current sessions and the users have to log in again. 2020-02-07 13:08:37.558 ERROR [http-nio-8080-exec-2][PortletServlet:112] javax.portlet.PortletException:...

The /dtd/ folder of the war with sensitive information is exposed when deploying a portal on Weblogic 12c R2

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404 error when downloading module "com.liferay.saml.opensaml.integration" from Release Notes page

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Issue Getting a 404 error when downloading module "com.liferay.saml.opensaml.integration" from Release Notes page. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution The module for "com.liferay.saml.opensaml.integration" can be...

Got the error "saml-hook.war does not support this version of Liferay" after deploying the Liferay Connector to SAML 2.0 lpkg

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Issue Got the error saml-hook.war does not support this version of Liferay in log after deploying the SAML 2.0 lpkg (version 6.0.0) on DXP 7.1 fix pack dxp-18 Environment Liferay DXP 7.1 Resolution The root cause for...

SAML Authentication Issue: Message context was not authenticated

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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]...

Disable Email Verification in DXP 7.3

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Issue In DXP 7.3, new users have to verify their email address in their initial login. I want to disable this verification requirement. Environment DXP 7.3 Resolution In DXP 7.3, the default value for...

Landing page redirection is not working after SAML configuration

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Issue Once the SAML is configured the Landing Page redirection is not redirecting to the desired page. Environment Liferay DXP 7.1 Resolution The pre and post-login actions (like DefaultLandingPage actions) are not...

DNSName components must begin with a letter error while starting LDAP server in Apache DS

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Issue During the configuration of Apache DS I encountered an issue that resulted in an IOException that interfered with starting the LDAP server:...

Security Vulnerability: Remote-Code-Execution (RCE) With ImageMagick

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Issue Symptom: CVE-2016-3714 - Insufficient shell characters filtering leads to potentially remote-code-execution vulnerability in ImageMagick. Environment ImageMagick before 6.9.3-10...

Import nested groups and users from Microsoft Active Directory

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Issue What configuration is needed in Liferay so that the nested groups and the users are imported from AD? Environment DXP 7.2 DXP 7.1 DXP 7.0 Resolution Change the User attribute of the Group Mapping in the LDAP server...

Users are being logged in as some other user

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Issue When any user logs into the portal, they see the user profile of another user instead of seeing their own profile. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Resolution There are usually two root causes for the...

Using one user's JSessionID any logged in user can access the respective user's session

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Issue One user's session is accessed by knowing the respective user's JSessionID. Steps for reference: 1) 2 users (say: User A and User B) 2) User "A" logs-in to the system 3) Now, user "A" has one Jession...

Liferay's OpenID Connect implementation and Single Logout

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Issue Does Liferay's OpenID Connect implementation support Single Logout? Environment Liferay DXP 7.1/7.2 Resolution Liferay's current OpenID Connect (OIDC) integration only implements parts of the Final specifications,...

LDAP users are unable to log in

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Issue Users who are present in LDAP are unable to perform login into Liferay and the below error was observed at the server console. ERROR [liferay/scheduler_dispatch-4][PortalLDAPImporterImpl:717] Unable...

Does Liferay DXP 7.1 support HTTP headers?

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Issue Does Liferay DXP 7.1 support the following HTTP headers: "X-Frame-Options", "X-XSS-Protection" and "X-Content-Type-Options"? If not, what changes have to be done from the application side to enable...

When SAML is enabled, logging out from particular Site should stay at the respective site itself

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Issue When SAML is enabled, logging out from "SITE A" is not redirecting/stays at the respective site's home page itself. Environment Liferay DXP 7.1 SAML plugin Resolution The ideal scenario is...

TLS v1.2 in Liferay DXP 7.1

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Issue Due to some security vulnerable in TLS v1.0, it should be upgraded to TLS v1.2. 1. Does Liferay DXP 7.1 support TLS v1.2? 2. If it supports, then how to use/upgrade the same in Liferay DXP 7.1?...

Apply button in OAuth 2 Administration is not working

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Issue When making changes under OAuth 2 Administration, such as generating a new client secret or editing Client ID, the Apply button may not respond when clicked. When viewing the browser console, you will see:...

Unable to process SAML SSO request

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Issue After configuring SAML SSO successfully, the user is unable to perform login and getting the following error in UI and Server console. UI Error: "Unable to process SAML request" Server Console: ...

Configuration of NTLMv2 with Liferay

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Issue How to configure NTLMv2 in Liferay as there is no configuration available in Liferay control panel to differentiate the request/service Environment Liferay 6.x Liferay 7.0 and Liferay 7.1 Resolution...

Security Statement on CVE-2019-11444: Disputed Groovy Script console vulnerability

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Recently, a security vulnerability was filed in Mitre under CVE-2019-11444 arguing that attackers could allegedly use Liferay's Groovy script console to execute OS commands. Liferay disputes this issue because this is...

Liferay Security Development Overview

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This paper provides an overview of the processes used during development and testing of Liferay products. Combined, these processes ensure that Liferay’s customers can have confidence in the security and ongoing...

Liferay DXP Application Security Features

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This document provides an overview of application-level security features in Liferay DXP. It discusses transport security, encryption, web services, SSO, OAuth, and more. The paper is available for download here.,...

Known Issue: Security Scan Shows Liferay as a Potential Sharepoint Vulnerability - False Positive

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Issue There may be some instances where a security scan shows Liferay having a potential Sharepoint endpoint vulnerability. Specifically, the security scan's warning may be related to the /_vti_inf.html file. This is...

Password is visible as a plain text in LDAP request

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Issue When intercepting the LDAP request using any third party tool(ex. Wireshark) password is visible as a plain text Environment Liferay 7.0 Resolution Enabling LDAP over SSL will transmit the credentials...

Whether to use OpenSSL

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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 In...

AWS S3 Signature Version 2 Discontinued

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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...

COOKIE_SUPPORT & GUEST_LANGUAGE_ID are not marked as Secure

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Issue There are two cookies generated by Liferay DXP, COOKIE_SUPPORT & GUEST_LANGUAGE_ID, which is not marked as Secure. Environment Liferay DXP 7.1 + JBoss Resolution This is related to the Web Server and Application...

User should be re-directed to the login page once the session expires

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Issue Once the session expires, users remain on the same page on which they were already there until and unless they click on somewhere, then it redirects to the login page. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Resolution If...

Data Protection for Liferay Services and Software

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This whitepaper describes the data protection policies of Liferay DXP and describes Liferay's approach to protect personal data in compliance with local regulatory requirements such as GDPR. The paper is available for...

Troubleshooting SAML Single Log Out when SLO fails

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Issue User is not logged out from Liferay SAML when the instance has expired. Liferay Session Timeout is set to 30 minutes and SAML Session is to 90 minutes. When SLO is triggered, the user is still signed in....

Known Issue: Browser Ignores Disabled Autocomplete Property for Saving User Login Information

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Issue After setting company.security.login.form.autocomplete=false to disable autocomplete for user login information, the browser still permits users to save passwords or use password managers to manage password...

Existing users in Liferay can not login through SAML with "Screen name x must not be duplicate ..." error

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Issue If the user exists in Liferay (service provider), the user cannot log in through SAML due to duplicate screenname ERROR. 2019-04-23 04:29:45.758 ERROR [http-nio-18080-exec-7][BaseSamlStrutsAction:58] Screen name ccc...

Why does our internal server address appear when users authenticate against our SSO?

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Issue When a user authenticates against an SSO they are redirected to the server they were logging into. As part of this both the SSO address and the server address appear in the URL for a brief time. This occurs...

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

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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...

LFR_SESSION_STATE cookies are not marked as HttpOnly

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Issue LFR_SESSION_STATE cookies are not marked as HttpOnly Environment Liferay DXP, Liferay 6.2 Resolution This is not a security issue because this cookie is created and used in session.js which is the portal's Javascript. ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Https Access Portal Problems

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Issue When users are trying to access to portal using https protocol, portal is redirecting to http protocol and pages are not showed right. Https protocol was configured in load balancers and application...

NTLM authenticate failed due to " Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password error "

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Issue Users are unable to login through NTML due to the following WARN: 2019-08-29 05:55:28.671 WARN [http-nio-8080-exec-5][Netlogon:104] Unable to authenticate user emma: Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password....

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