What is CVE-2016-10404?

CVE-2016-10404 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Portal, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-08-07.

How severe is CVE-2016-10404?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Liferay Portal

CVE-2016-10404

XSS exists in Liferay Portal before 7.0 CE GA4 via a crafted redirect field to modules/apps/foundation/frontend-js/frontend-js-spa-web/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/init.jsp.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-08-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (52.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 52.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Liferay Portal

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

dev.liferay.com/web/community-security-team/known-vulnerabilities/liferay-porta… (Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/333f65bae9106182d12e02d249d4f95e16e93f… (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10404?: CVE-2016-10404 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Portal, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-08-07.
How severe is CVE-2016-10404?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.