CVE Intel / CVE-2020-7961
CVE-2020-7961
liferay portal · liferay
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Actively exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue: exploitation confirmed in the wild. Patch on priority.
What it is
Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Liferay Portal prior to 7.2.1 CE GA2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via JSON web services (JSONWS).
Live exploitation on the huntback network (30 days)
4
attempts captured
2
distinct source IPs
2026-09-15
last seen
huntback carries a network signature for this CVE. Exploitation attempts are detected on the decoy fleet in real time.
How huntback helps
Deploy a decoy that emulates liferay portal and you will see every attempt at this CVE the moment it lands, with the full payload, the attacker's infrastructure, and any stage-2 loader. Then huntback can scan the attacker back.
CVSSn/a Critical
EPSS1.00 (99% pct)
In CISA KEVyes
Publishedn/a
Network detectableyes, signatured
Public exploitExploitDB, Metasploit