Medium severity · published Oct 17, 2023
CVE-2023-42629
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the manage vocabulary page in Liferay Portal 7.4.2 through 7.4.3.87, and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 88 allows remote…
5.4
CVSS
2.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the manage vocabulary page in Liferay Portal 7.4.2 through 7.4.3.87, and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 88 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a Vocabulary's 'description' text field.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.8% · higher than 86% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DX
DXP · Liferay
7.4.13 through 7.4.13.u87 · source: vendor
PO
Portal · Liferay
7.4.2 through 7.4.3.87 · source: vendor
DE
Digital Experience Platform · Liferay
7.4; 7.4; 7.4; 7.4; 7.4; 7.4; +12 more · source: NVD
LP
Liferay Portal · Liferay
7.4.2 before 7.4.3.88 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42629
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-42629
Vendor Advisory
https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2023-42629
Exploit
https://www.pentagrid.ch/en/blog/stored-cross-site-scripting-vulnerabilities-in-liferay-portal/
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