XSS in Liferay Digital Experience Platform
CVE-2023-42628
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Wiki widget in Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.4.3.87, and Liferay DXP 7.0 fix pack 83 through 102, 7.1 fix pack 28 and earlier, 7.2 fix pack 20 and earlier, 7.3 update 33 and earlier, and 7.4 before update 88 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into a parent wiki page via a crafted payload injected into a wiki page's ‘Content’ text field.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.022 (81.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Liferay Digital_experience_platform — versions 7.0, 7.1, 7.2
- Liferay Dxp — versions 7.0.10-de-83, 7.1.10, 7.2.10
- Liferay Liferay_portal
- Liferay Portal — versions 7.1.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@liferay.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- security@liferay.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, exploit, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-42628?
- CVE-2023-42628 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2023-10-17.
- How severe is CVE-2023-42628?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-42628 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.