CVE-2011-1503

Status: ModifiedLow (3.5)—

The XSL Content portlet in Liferay Portal Community Edition (CE) 5.x and 6.x before 6.0.6 GA, when Apache Tomcat or Oracle GlassFish is used, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary (1) XSL and (2) XML files via a file:/// URL.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Base score: 3.5

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.40%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 72
Score date: 10/7/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Liferay — Liferay Portal

CWEs

CWE-200

References

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