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CVE-2023-42628

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-10-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Wiki widget in Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.4.3.87, and Liferay DXP 7.0 fix pack 83 through 102, 7.1 fix pack 28 and earlier, 7.2 fix pack 20 and earlier, 7.3 update 33 and earlier, and 7.4 before update 88 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into a parent wiki page via a crafted payload injected into a wiki page's ‘Content’ text field.

Affected products

• Liferay Digital Experience Platform: 7.0, 7.0-fix_pack_1, 7.0-fix_pack_10, 7.0-fix_pack_11, 7.0-fix_pack_12, 7.0-fix_pack_13 (+97)
• Liferay Portal: from 7.1.0 before 7.4.3.88 — fixed in 7.4.3.88

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Liferay Portal 7.4.3.88. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2023-42628
• https://www.pentagrid.ch/en/blog/stored-cross-site-scripting-vulnerabilities-in-liferay-portal/
• https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2023-42628
• https://www.pentagrid.ch/en/blog/stored-cross-site-scripting-vulnerabilities-in-liferay-portal/

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