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Liferay Portal CAPTCHA Bypass for Gogo Shell

  • Disclosed: 05.08.2025
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:22

The vulnerable code can bypass the Captcha check in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.80 through 7.4.3.132, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.19, 2024.Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.13, 2024.Q3.0 through 2024.Q3.13, 2024.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.7, 2025.Q1.0 through 2025.Q1.15 and 7.4 update 80 through update 92 and then attackers can run scripts in the Gogo shell.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) com.liferay:com.liferay.captcha.impl < 4.0.17 4.0.17

References

CVSS score -
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:L/SA:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
com.liferay:com.liferay.captcha.impl
Disclosed
05.08.2025
Updated
11.10.2026 12:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-3j6h-5v68-hvqg - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: com.liferay:com.liferay.captcha.impl

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