Liferay Portal/DXP Form Widget Configuration cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Liferay Portal and DXP. This impacts an unknown function of the component Form Widget Configuration. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-33937. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Liferay Portal and DXP (affected version unknown). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Form Widget Configuration. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Form widget configuration in Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.3.0, and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 18, and 7.2 before fix pack 5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a form's `name` field.

The weakness was disclosed 05/24/2023. The advisory is shared for download at liferay.dev. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-33937 since 05/24/2023. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

05/24/2023 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: liferay.dev
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-33937 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-33937
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-229832

Entryinfo

Created: 05/24/2023 18:54
Updated: 01/09/2026 05:49
Changes: 05/24/2023 18:54 (47), 01/09/2026 05:49 (27)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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