VDB-229835 · CVE-2023-33942 · GCVE-0-2023-33942

Liferay Portal/DXP Web Content Display Widget cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Liferay Portal and DXP. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Web Content Display Widget. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2023-33942. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Liferay Portal and DXP (the affected version is unknown). This issue affects an unknown code of the component Web Content Display Widget. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Web Content Display widget's article selector in Liferay Liferay Portal 7.4.3.50, and Liferay DXP 7.4 update 50 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a web content article's `Title` field.

The weakness was published 05/24/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at liferay.dev. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-33942 since 05/24/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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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Productinfo

Type

Enterprise Resource Planning Software

Vendor

Liferay

Name

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

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

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.5
VulDB Vector: 🔍
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NVD Base Score: 5.4
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CNA Base Score: 5.4
CNA Vector (Liferay Inc.): 🔍

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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: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

05/24/2023 🔍
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05/24/2023 +0 days 🔍
01/13/2026 +965 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: liferay.dev
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-33942 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-33942
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-229835

Entryinfo

Created: 05/24/2023 18:55
Updated: 01/13/2026 04:35
Changes: 05/24/2023 18:55 (46), 06/17/2023 08:32 (1), 01/13/2026 04:35 (45)
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