What is CVE-2023-33938?

CVE-2023-33938 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2023-05-24.

How severe is CVE-2023-33938?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

XSS in Liferay Digital Experience Platform

CVE-2023-33938

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the App Builder module's custom object details page in Liferay Portal 7.3.0 through 7.4.0, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before update 14 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into an App Builder custom object's `Name` field.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (41.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Liferay Digital_experience_platform — versions 7.3
Liferay Dxp — versions 7.3.10
Liferay Liferay_portal — versions 7.4.0
Liferay Portal — versions 7.3.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

security@liferay.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-33938?: CVE-2023-33938 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2023-05-24.
How severe is CVE-2023-33938?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.