CVE-2022-26593

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-04-19 · updated 2026-07-09
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Asset module's asset categories selector in Liferay Portal 7.3.3 through 7.4.0, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before service pack 3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name of a asset category.

Affected products

Liferay Digital Experience Platform: before 7.3; 7.3, 7.3-fix_pack_2 — fixed in 7.3
Liferay Portal: from 7.3.3 before 7.3.7; 7.4.0 — fixed in 7.3.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.3; Liferay Portal 7.3.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-26593-stored-xss-with-category-name-in-asset-categories-selector
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-26593-stored-xss-with-category-name-in-asset-categories-selector

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