XSS in Liferay Portal

CVE-2019-16147

Liferay Portal through 7.2.0 GA1 allows XSS via a journal article title to journal_article/page.jsp in journal/journal-taglib.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (52.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Liferay Liferay_portal — versions 7.2.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16147?: CVE-2019-16147 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Portal, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-09-09.
How severe is CVE-2019-16147?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.