It was found that PortletBridge PortletRequestDispatcher did not respect security constraints set by the servlet if a portlet request asked for rendering of a non-JSF resource such as JSP or HTML. A remote attacker could use this flaw to potentially bypass certain security constraints and gain access to restricted resources.
Find out more about CVE-2015-5176 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 4.9 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
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| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Portal Platform 6 | portlet | Will not fix |
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