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)

Published · last modified .

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 (51.4th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 51.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2017-17868: held from 0.007 to 0.007.

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

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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.