Arbitrary Script Injection Vulnerability in Liferay Portal
CVE-2023-42498

6.1MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Liferay
Status
Portal
DXP
Vendor
CVE Published:
21 February 2024

What is CVE-2023-42498?

A reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in the Language Override edit screen of Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP. This issue affects Liferay Portal versions 7.4.3.8 to 7.4.3.97 and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3 prior to patch 5, as well as Liferay Portal 7.4 update 4 through 92. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability by injecting arbitrary web scripts or HTML code via the _com_liferay_portal_language_override_web_internal_portlet_PLOPortlet_key parameter, potentially compromising the security of the affected systems and users.

Affected Version(s)

DXP 2023.q3.1 <= 2023.q3.4

DXP 7.4.13.u4 <= 7.4.13.u92

Portal 7.4.3.8 <= 7.4.3.97

References

https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities...
vendor-advisory

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.1
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Amin ACHOUR
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CVE-2023-42498 : Arbitrary Script Injection Vulnerability in Liferay Portal