What is CVE-2023-42498?

CVE-2023-42498 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-2023-42498?

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

Is CVE-2023-42498 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-2023-42498

Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Language Override edit screen in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.8 through 7.4.3.97, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3 before patch 5, and 7.4 update 4 through 92 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _com_liferay_portal_language_override_web_internal_portlet_PLOPortlet_key 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 7.4, 2023.q3.0, 2023.q3.1
Liferay Dxp — versions 2023.q3.1, 7.4.13.u4
Liferay Liferay_portal
Liferay Portal — versions 7.4.3.8

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-2023-42498?: CVE-2023-42498 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-2023-42498?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.6 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-42498 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.