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CVE-2022-42117 json

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to XSS in the Frontend Taglib Module

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-g6r2-6x46-jpp6 , EUVD-2022-45203

cvss
6.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 52%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Frontend Taglib module in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 through 7.4.3.16, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before update 6, and 7.4 before update 17 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.

Patch / fix

  • maven com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.taglib.clay 9.1.7
  • maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom 7.3.10.u6, 7.4.13.u17
  • liferay dxp 7.3

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CNA 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
GitHub 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.taglib.clay
<9.1.7
9.1.7
maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom
>=7.3.0, <7.3.10.u6
>=7.4.0, <7.4.13.u17
7.3.10.u6
7.4.13.u17

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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