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CVE-2022-42112: Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to XSS via the Portal Search Module

October 19, 2022 (updated July 16, 2025)

A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Portal Search module’s Sort widget before 6.0.45 from Liferay Portal (7.2.0 through 7.4.3.24), and Liferay DXP 7.2 before fix pack 19, 7.3 before update 5, and DXP 7.4 before update 25 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-7f7g-vhff-mjqj
  • github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
  • github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/1f6521605152c0f8f82f490300215f08f885fe48
  • liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-17536
  • liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2022-42112?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121612934&_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%3D121612934%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42112
  • web.archive.org/web/20220701000000*/https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-42112

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 6.0.45

Fixed versions

  • 6.0.45

Solution

Upgrade to version 6.0.45 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.portal.search.web/CVE-2022-42112.yml

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