XSS in Liferay Digital Experience Platform
CVE-2023-42629
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the manage vocabulary page in Liferay Portal 7.4.2 through 7.4.3.87, and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 88 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a Vocabulary's 'description' 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 7.4
- Liferay Dxp — versions 7.4.13
- Liferay Liferay_portal
- Liferay Portal — versions 7.4.2
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-2023-42629?
- CVE-2023-42629 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-2023-42629?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-42629 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.