CVE-2020-7961
Liferay Portal Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability
What is affected
| Vendor | Liferay |
|---|---|
| Product | Liferay Portal |
| Weakness | CWE-502 |
The vulnerability
Liferay Portal contains a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute code via JSON web services.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
US federal civilian agencies were required to act by 3 May 2022 under BOD 22-01. The deadline is a compliance date, not a measure of severity — it says nothing about how dangerous the flaw is to anyone else.
Where this comes from
Every field on this page is taken from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, last synced 11 Nov 2026, 21:30. Nothing here is our own assessment. For the technical scoring, see the NVD record below.