What is CVE-2023-37940?

CVE-2023-37940 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2024-12-17.

How severe is CVE-2023-37940?

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

XSS in Liferay Digital Experience Platform

CVE-2023-37940

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the edit Service Access Policy page in Liferay Portal 7.0.0 through 7.4.3.87, and Liferay DXP 7.4 GA through update 87, 7.3 GA through update 29, and older unsupported versions allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a service access policy's `Service Class` text field.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (19.0th 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, 7.4
Liferay Dxp — versions 7.0.10, 7.1.10, 7.2.10
Liferay Liferay_portal
Liferay Portal — versions 7.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

security@liferay.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-37940?: CVE-2023-37940 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2024-12-17.
How severe is CVE-2023-37940?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.