VDB-209278 · CVE-2022-28978 · GCVE-0-2022-28978

Liferay Portal/DXP User Membership Administration Page Username cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Liferay Portal and DXP. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component User Membership Administration Page. Executing a manipulation of the argument Username can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2022-28978. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Liferay Portal and DXP (version now known). This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component User Membership Administration Page. The manipulation of the argument username with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Site module's user membership administration page in Liferay Portal 7.0.1 through 7.4.1, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 102, 7.1 before fix pack 26, 7.2 before fix pack 15, and 7.3 before service pack 3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the a user's name.

The weakness was presented 09/22/2022. The advisory is available at portal.liferay.dev. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-28978 since 04/11/2022. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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Productinfo

Type

Enterprise Resource Planning Software

Vendor

Liferay

Name

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.4

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

04/11/2022 🔍
09/22/2022 +164 days 🔍
09/22/2022 +0 days 🔍
05/14/2025 +965 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: portal.liferay.dev
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-28978 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-28978
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-209278

Entryinfo

Created: 09/22/2022 07:58
Updated: 05/14/2025 03:15
Changes: 09/22/2022 07:58 (39), 05/14/2025 03:15 (27)
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