XSS in Liferay Portal

CVE-2017-17868

In Liferay Portal 6.1.0, the tags section has XSS via a Public Render Parameter (p_r_p) value, as demonstrated by p_r_p_564233524_tag.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (48.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Liferay Liferay_portal — versions 6.1.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17868?: CVE-2017-17868 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Portal, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-12-27.
How severe is CVE-2017-17868?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.