Liferay Portal/DXP Frontend Taglib cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Liferay Portal and DXP. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Frontend Taglib Module. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2022-42117. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Liferay Portal and DXP (the affected version unknown). Affected is an unknown part of the component Frontend Taglib Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Frontend Taglib module in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 through 7.4.3.16, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before update 6, and 7.4 before update 17 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.

The weakness was released 10/19/2022. The advisory is available at portal.liferay.dev. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-42117 since 10/03/2022. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7

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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

10/03/2022 🔍
10/19/2022 +16 days 🔍
10/19/2022 +0 days 🔍
05/13/2025 +937 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: portal.liferay.dev
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-42117 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-42117
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-211746

Entryinfo

Created: 10/19/2022 10:56
Updated: 05/13/2025 03:30
Changes: 10/19/2022 10:56 (38), 11/18/2022 07:25 (11), 05/13/2025 03:30 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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