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CVE-2022-42117: Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to XSS in the Frontend Taglib Module

October 19, 2022 (updated July 16, 2025)

A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Frontend Taglib module before 9.1.7 from 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.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-g6r2-6x46-jpp6
  • github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
  • github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/a0d25a757f002c39d02b93938bc11feb3b0de6f6
  • liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-17497
  • liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2022-42117?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121613244&_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fliferay.dev%3A443%2Fportal%2Fsecurity%2Fknown-vulnerabilities%3Fp_p_id%3Dcom_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_r_p_assetEntryId%3D121613244%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42117
  • web.archive.org/web/20221205223431/https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-42117

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Affected versions

All versions before 9.1.7

Fixed versions

  • 9.1.7

Solution

Upgrade to version 9.1.7 or above.

Impact 6.1 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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.frontend.taglib.clay/CVE-2022-42117.yml

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