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title: "CVE-2024-38002: Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Workflow Component Does Not Check User Permissions"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2024-38002/
description: "CVE-2024-38002 (com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven)): The workflow component in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2024-10-22
date_modified: 2025-10-13
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2024-38002"
kev: false
cvss: 9
epss: 0.00648
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
---

# CVE-2024-38002: Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Workflow Component Does Not Check User Permissions

**Signal:** Critical, preconditions apply. Severe if exploited, but exploitation needs conditions that may not apply to you. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- No confirmed exploitation. It is not in CISA’s KEV catalog and CISA’s SSVC assessment records no known exploitation. That can change quickly after a public write-up; re-check if you are affected.
- EPSS 0.6% , percentile 50: FIRST’s model estimates a 0.6% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 50% of all scored CVEs (moderate). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Needs an account (low (any account)). Exposure depends on who can log in.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven) >= 7.3.2-ga3, < 7.4.3.112-ga112, fixed in 7.4.3.112-ga112 ; com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven) >= 2023.Q4.0, < 2023.Q4.6, fixed in 2023.Q4.6 ; com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven) >= 2023.Q3.1, < 2023.Q3.9, fixed in 2023.Q3.9 ; com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven) >= 7.3-ga, < 7.3.10.u36, fixed in 7.3.10.u36 . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

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 authenticated users to modify workflow definitions and execute arbitrary code (RCE) via the headless API.

## Affected packages

- Maven `com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom` >= 7.3.2-ga3, < 7.4.3.112-ga112 → fixed: 7.4.3.112-ga112
- Maven `com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom` >= 2023.Q4.0, < 2023.Q4.6 → fixed: 2023.Q4.6
- Maven `com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom` >= 2023.Q3.1, < 2023.Q3.9 → fixed: 2023.Q3.9
- Maven `com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom` >= 7.3-ga, < 7.3.10.u36 → fixed: 7.3.10.u36
- Maven `com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom` >= 7.4-ga, < 7.4.13.u92 → fixed: 7.4.13.u92

## Affected products (CVE record)

- Liferay Portal: 7.3.2 <= 7.3.7, 7.4.0 <= 7.4.3.111
- Liferay DXP: 7.3.10 <= 7.3.10-u36, 7.4.13 <= 7.4.13-u92, 2023.Q3.1 <= 2023.Q3.8, 2023.Q4.0 <= 2023.Q4.5

## Severity

- Liferay CVSS 3.1: 9 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`
- GitHub CVSS 3.1: 9.0 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none , automatable no , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 0.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 50.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-3mfq-fp2f-vwqh](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3mfq-fp2f-vwqh)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2024-38002](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38002)
- [NVD entry CVE-2024-38002](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38002)
- [liferay.dev](https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2024-38002)

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