CVE-2022-28982

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-09-22 · updated 2026-07-09
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Liferay Portal v7.3.3 through v7.4.2 and Liferay DXP v7.3 before service pack 3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the name of a tag.

Affected products

Liferay DXP: 7.3, 7.3-sp1, 7.3-sp2, 7.3-sp3
Liferay Portal: from 7.3.3 before 7.4.3.4 — fixed in 7.4.3.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Liferay Portal 7.4.3.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-28982-reflected-xss-with-tag-name-in-%253Cliferay-asset-asset-tags-selector%253E
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-28982-reflected-xss-with-tag-name-in-%253Cliferay-asset-asset-tags-selector%253E

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