{"id":"CVE-2019-11444","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-11444","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T01:00:13.927Z","title":"An attacker can use Liferay's Groovy script console to execute OS commands.","description":"An issue was discovered in Liferay Portal CE 7.1.2 GA3. An attacker can use Liferay's Groovy script console to execute OS commands. Commands can be executed via a [command].execute() call, as demonstrated by \"def cmd =\" in the ServerAdminPortlet_script value to group/control_panel/manage. Valid credentials for an application administrator user account are required. NOTE: The developer disputes this as a vulnerability since it is a feature for administrators to run groovy scripts and therefore not a design flaw","published":"2019-04-22T11:29:06.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:12:54.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":["liferay/liferay portal"],"epss":{"score":0.12591,"percentile":0.96217,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.10001,"percentile":0.95454},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.12591,"percentile":0.96056}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2019-03-11","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":46525,"kind":"exploit","title":"Liferay CE Portal < 7.1.2 ga3 - Remote Command Execution (Metasploit)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46525","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/webapps/46525.rb","file":"exploits/multiple/webapps/46525.rb","published":"2019-03-11","added":"2019-03-11","updated":"2019-04-22","author":"AkkuS","type":"webapps","platform":"multiple","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2019-11444"],"tags":"Metasploit Framework (MSF)","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.6%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://dev.liferay.com/discover/portal/-/knowledge_base/7-1/running-scripts-from-the-script-console","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://pentest.com.tr/exploits/Liferay-CE-Portal-Tomcat-7-1-2-ga3-Groovy-Console-Remote-Command-Execution-Metasploit.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46525","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://dev.liferay.com/discover/portal/-/knowledge_base/7-1/running-scripts-from-the-script-console","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://pentest.com.tr/exploits/Liferay-CE-Portal-Tomcat-7-1-2-ga3-Groovy-Console-Remote-Command-Execution-Metasploit.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46525","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11444","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}