What is CVE-2023-42496?

CVE-2023-42496 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 9.6/10. Published 2024-02-21.

How severe is CVE-2023-42496?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.6 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-42496 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Liferay Digital Experience Platform

CVE-2023-42496

Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on the add assignees to a role page in Liferay Portal 7.3.3 through 7.4.3.97, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3 before patch 6, 7.4 GA through update 92, and 7.3 before update 34 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _com_liferay_roles_admin_web_portlet_RolesAdminPortlet_tabs2 parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (46.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.6 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Liferay Digital_experience_platform — versions 7.3, 7.4
Liferay Dxp — versions 2023.q3.1, 7.4.13, 7.3.10
Liferay Liferay_portal
Liferay Portal — versions 7.3.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-42496?: CVE-2023-42496 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 9.6/10. Published 2024-02-21.
How severe is CVE-2023-42496?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.6 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-42496 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.