CVE-2023-42629

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 manage vocabulary page in Liferay Portal 7.4.2 through 7.4.3.87, and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 88 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a Vocabulary's 'description' text field.

Affected products

Liferay Digital Experience Platform: 7.4, 7.4-update1, 7.4-update21, 7.4-update34, 7.4-update36, 7.4-update41 (+12)
Liferay Portal: from 7.4.2 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-2023-42629
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-2023-42629
https://www.pentagrid.ch/en/blog/stored-cross-site-scripting-vulnerabilities-in-liferay-portal/

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