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CVE-2022-28978: Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to XSS in the Site Module

September 23, 2022 (updated July 16, 2025)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Site module’s user membership administration page in Liferay Site Memberships Web before 5.0.10 from Liferay Portal (7.0.1 through 7.4.1), and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 102, 7.1 before fix pack 26, 7.2 before fix pack 15, and 7.3 before service pack 3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the a user’s name.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-7m65-hmvg-rxpc
  • github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
  • github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/ffdc9d1f8abf484598afdc51671a30533740c16d
  • liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-17332
  • liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2022-28978-stored-xss-with-user-name-in-site-membership?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121612301&_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%3D121612301%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28978
  • web.archive.org/web/20220922015759/https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-28978-stored-xss-with-user-name-in-site-membership

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 5.0.10

Fixed versions

  • 5.0.10

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.0.10 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.site.memberships.web/CVE-2022-28978.yml

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