# CVE-2024-38002: CVE-2024-38002

Status: published. Published: 2024-10-22. Updated: 2026-11-09.

The workflow component in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.5, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.8, 7.4 GA through update 92 and 7.3 GA through update 36 does not properly check user permissions before updating a workflow definition, which allows remote non-authenticated users to modify workflow definitions and execute arbitrary code (RCE) via the headless API.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- Liferay / Portal: ≥ 7.3.2; ≤ 7.3.7 (affected, maven); ≥ 7.4.0; ≤ 7.4.3.111 (affected, maven). Source: CNA: Liferay
- Liferay / DXP: ≥ 7.3.10; ≤ 7.3.10-u36 (affected, maven); ≥ 7.4.13; ≤ 7.4.13-u92 (affected, maven); ≥ 2023.Q3.1; ≤ 2023.Q3.8 (affected, maven); ≥ 2023.Q4.0; ≤ 2023.Q4.5 (affected, maven). Source: CNA: Liferay
- liferay / portal: ≥ 7.4.0; ≤ 7.4.3.111 (affected, maven); ≥ 7.3.2; ≤ 7.3.7 (affected, maven). Source: ADP: CISA-ADP
- liferay / dxp: ≥ 2023.q4.0; ≤ 2023.q4.5 (affected, maven); ≥ 2023.q3.1; ≤ 2023.q3.8 (affected, maven); 7.4 (affected); 7.3 (affected). Source: ADP: CISA-ADP

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 4.0: 9.3 (critical); CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L; source: CNA: Liferay

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 0.65% as of 2026-11-08; percentile 51.33%

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact total; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-862

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2024-38002 (CNA: Liferay)

## Provenance

- CNA: Liferay: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38002; retrieved 2026-11-09; source updated 2026-11-09

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-38002; retrieved 2026-11-09; source updated Not reported

Revision: 6284108f9eff2fb043917d4e6d1e43091e3b7aa71a335b4f4f58316864d73c75

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