CVE-2023-42496

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 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: 2024-02-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on the add assignees to a role page in Liferay Portal 7.3.3 through 7.4.3.97, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3 before patch 6, 7.4 GA through update 92, and 7.3 before update 34 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _com_liferay_roles_admin_web_portlet_RolesAdminPortlet_tabs2 parameter.

Affected products

Liferay Digital Experience Platform: 7.3, 7.3-fix_pack_1, 7.3-fix_pack_2, 7.3-service_pack_1, 7.3-service_pack_3, 7.3-update10 (+122)
Liferay Portal: from 7.3.3 before 7.4.3.98 — fixed in 7.4.3.98

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Liferay Portal 7.4.3.98. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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