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GHSA-Q8FJ-76Q7-4P7H

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-08 15:32 – Updated: 2025-10-09 15:29

Summary

Liferay Portal Notifications Widget has multiple XSS vulnerabilities through various text fields

Details

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Notifications widget in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.102 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.5 and 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.10 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into (1) a user’s “First Name” text field, (2) a user’s “Middle Name” text field, (3) a user’s “Last Name” text field, (4) the “Other Reason” text field when flagging content, or (5) the name of the flagged content.

Severity

4.8 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "com.liferay:com.liferay.flags.web"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.0.23"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.0.24"
            }
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          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-43771"
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  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
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    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-10-09T15:29:02Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-10-08T15:16:23Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Notifications widget in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.102 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.5 and 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.10 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into (1) a user\u2019s \u201cFirst Name\u201d text field, (2) a user\u2019s \u201cMiddle Name\u201d text field, (3) a user\u2019s \u201cLast Name\u201d text field, (4) the \u201cOther Reason\u201d text field when flagging content, or (5) the name of the flagged content.",
  "id": "GHSA-q8fj-76q7-4p7h",
  "modified": "2025-10-09T15:29:02Z",
  "published": "2025-10-08T15:32:27Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43771"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/0f1f6b628d40c9fc59ad6f561f6bdcc1208b5dbb"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/28dc724658e13acb80f30fb3211d0849592ec4ef"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/90b677d7ca74464f2079266588a67fa56aca842d"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/cca5fe50a5b63000c3ca7469b668af9399025e90"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-17917"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-43771"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Liferay Portal Notifications Widget has multiple XSS vulnerabilities through various text fields"
}

CVE-2025-43771 (GCVE-0-2025-43771)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-08 14:13 – Updated: 2025-10-08 14:30

Summary

Severity

4.8 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-10-08 14:30 UTC

CWE

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

Assigner

Liferay mitre root

References

1 reference

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

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Liferay	Portal	Affected: 7.4.3.102 , ≤ 7.4.3.111 (maven)
Liferay	DXP	Affected: 2023.Q3.1 , ≤ 2023.Q3.10 (maven) Affected: 2023.Q4.0 , ≤ 2023.Q4.5 (maven)

Credits

foobar7

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