CVE-2022-42112

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: 2022-10-18 · updated 2026-07-09
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Portal Search module's Sort widget in 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.

Affected products

Liferay Digital Experience Platform: before 7.2; 7.2, 7.2-fix_pack_1, 7.2-fix_pack_10, 7.2-fix_pack_11, 7.2-fix_pack_12, 7.2-fix_pack_13 (+11) — fixed in 7.2
Liferay DXP: 7.3, 7.3-sp1, 7.3-sp2, 7.3-sp3, 7.3-update_1, 7.3-update_2 (+27)
Liferay Portal: from 7.2.0 before 7.4.3.25 — fixed in 7.4.3.25

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.2; Liferay Portal 7.4.3.25. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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