Is CVE-2020-15841 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-15841 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-15841?

CVE-2020-15841 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.3 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-15841?

CVE-2020-15841 has an EPSS score of 1.52% (72th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-15841?

Upgrade liferay portal to 7.3.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-15841

HIGHEPSS 72th pctl

8.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Liferay Portal before 7.3.0, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 89, 7.1 before fix pack 17, and 7.2 before fix pack 4, does not safely test a connection to a LDAP server, which allows remote attackers to obtain the LDAP server's password via the Test LDAP Connection feature.

How to fix

Remediation Available

liferay portalNVD

Affected:< 7.3.0Fixed in:7.3.0CVE-2020-15841derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.52%probability of exploitation in 30 days

72ndpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 72% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

portal.liferay.dev

Vendor Advisory1

issues.liferay.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-08-15.