Liferay Portal/DXP cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Liferay Portal and DXP. It has been rated as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument _com_liferay_portal_language_override_web_internal_portlet_PLOPortlet_key leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-42498. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Liferay Portal and DXP (version unknown). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument _com_liferay_portal_language_override_web_internal_portlet_PLOPortlet_key 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:

Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Language Override edit screen in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.8 through 7.4.3.97, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3 before patch 5, and 7.4 update 4 through 92 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _com_liferay_portal_language_override_web_internal_portlet_PLOPortlet_key parameter.

The weakness was presented 02/21/2024. It is possible to read the advisory at liferay.dev. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-42498 since 09/11/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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CNA Base Score: 9.6
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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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

09/11/2023 🔍
02/21/2024 +163 days 🔍
02/21/2024 +0 days 🔍
04/19/2025 +423 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: liferay.dev
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-42498 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-42498
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-254303

Entryinfo

Created: 02/21/2024 09:41
Updated: 04/19/2025 06:57
Changes: 02/21/2024 09:41 (48), 01/28/2025 06:02 (28), 04/19/2025 06:57 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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