QID 731104

Date Published: 2024-01-25

QID 731104: Liferay Portal Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability (CVE-2022-42116)

Liferay Portal is an open-source enterprise web platform for building business solutions and collaborative applications.

A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Frontend Editor module's integration with CKEditor which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) name, or (2) namespace parameter.

Affected Versions:
Liferay Portal 7.3.2 - 7.3.7
Liferay Portal 7.4.0 - 7.4.3.14
QID Detection Logic (Unauthenticated): This QID checks for vulnerable version of Liferay Portal in response banner.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) name, or (2) namespace parameter.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 6.1 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Critical - 9 severity.
    • Solution
    Vendor has released patch. For more info, please refer to Liferay Portal Security Advisory

    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 731104

    CVE-2022-42116 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    CVE-2022-42116 URL Logo liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2022-42116
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