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CVE-2022-26596: Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP allows arbitrary injection via web content template names

April 26, 2022 (updated July 18, 2025)

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Journal module’s web content display configuration page before 5.0.15 in Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.3.3, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 94, 7.1 before fix pack 19, and 7.2 before fix pack 8, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via web content template names.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-w7f2-6896-6mm2
  • github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
  • github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/c61976fc867f3add8eb429b99380e91f021f9313
  • liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2022-26596-stored-xss-with-template-name?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121612108&_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%3D121612108%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26596

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 5.0.15

Fixed versions

  • 5.0.15

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.0.15 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.journal.content.web/CVE-2022-26596.yml

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