CVE-2022-42114

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 Role module's edit role assignees page in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.36, and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 37 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.

Affected products

Liferay DXP: before 7.4; 7.4-ga1, 7.4-update_1, 7.4-update_10, 7.4-update_11, 7.4-update_12, 7.4-update_13 (+31) — fixed in 7.4
Liferay Portal: from 7.4.0 before 7.4.3.37 — fixed in 7.4.3.37

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Liferay DXP 7.4; Liferay Portal 7.4.3.37. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-42114
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-42114

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