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CVE-2023-42629: Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Stored XSS in the Manage Vocabulary Page

October 17, 2023 (updated August 8, 2025)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the manage vocabulary page in the Asset Categories Admin Web module before 5.0.87 from Liferay Portal (7.4.2 through 7.4.3.87), and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 88 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a Vocabulary’s ‘description’ text field.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-g44j-f8wm-6622
  • github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
  • github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/2e02110747dd5cccb978623545bfa1f3ad0a5602
  • liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2023-42629
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42629
  • www.pentagrid.ch/en/blog/stored-cross-site-scripting-vulnerabilities-in-liferay-portal

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Affected versions

All versions before 5.0.87

Fixed versions

  • 5.0.87

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.0.87 or above.

Impact 5.4 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Source file

maven/com.liferay/com.liferay.asset.categories.admin.web/CVE-2023-42629.yml

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