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GHSA-J5GV-W838-MMCX

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-10-17 12:30 – Updated: 2025-07-15 20:25

Summary

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to XSS via the Page Tree Menu

Details

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Page Tree menu in Liferay Layout Implementation before 6.0.102 from Liferay Portal (7.3.6 through 7.4.3.78), and Liferay DXP 7.3 fix pack 1 through update 23, and 7.4 before update 79 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into page's "Name" text field.

Severity

9.0 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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        "name": "com.liferay:com.liferay.layout.impl"
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  "modified": "2025-07-15T20:25:29Z",
  "published": "2023-10-17T12:30:26Z",
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      "url": "https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/45931175b6ae14df089f0304f86b5b0f66ac3c02"
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      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-17725"
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CVE-2023-44310 (GCVE-0-2023-44310)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-17 09:28 – Updated: 2024-09-13 16:31

Summary

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Page Tree menu Liferay Portal 7.3.6 through 7.4.3.78, and Liferay DXP 7.3 fix pack 1 through update 23, and 7.4 before update 79 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into page's "Name" text field.

Severity

9 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-09-13 16:31 UTC

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

Liferay CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard – unranked: 0 records in the last 180 days, 10 needed details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnera…	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Liferay	DXP	Affected: 7.3.10.sp1 , ≤ 7.3.10.u23 (maven) Affected: 7.4.13 , ≤ 7.4.13.u78 (maven)
Liferay	Portal	Affected: 7.3.6 , ≤ 7.4.3.78 (maven)

Date Public

2023-10-17 07:00

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