CVE-2022-42118

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-11-15 · updated 2026-07-09
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Portal Search module in Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.4.2, and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 27, 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 `tag` parameter.

Affected products

Liferay Digital Experience Platform: 7.1, 7.1-fix_pack_1, 7.1-fix_pack_10, 7.1-fix_pack_11, 7.1-fix_pack_12, 7.1-fix_pack_13 (+35)
Liferay DXP: 7.3, 7.3-sp1, 7.3-sp2
Liferay Portal: from 7.1.0 through 7.4.2

References

https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17342
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-42118
https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17342
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-42118

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