QID 731194

Date Published: 2024-02-22

QID 731194: Liferay Portal Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability (CVE-2023-40191)

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

CVE-2023-40191: Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the instance settings for Accounts in Liferay Portal allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Blocked Email Domains text field

Affected Versions:
Liferay Portal from version 7.4.3.44 to 7.4.3.97

QID Detection Logic (Unauthenticated):
This QID checks for vulnerable versions of Liferay Portal in the response banner.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Blocked Email Domains text field

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Low - 2.1 severity.
    • Solution
    Vendor has released patch. For more info, please refer to Liferay Portal Security Advisory

    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 731194

    CVE-2023-40191 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    Liferay Portal URL Logo liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2023-40191
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