CVE-2023-37940 json
Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP have Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in edit Service Access Policy page
published last yr. modified 4mo ago also GHSA-px38-239g-x5mg , EUVD-2024-3606
- cvss
- 4.8
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 20%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the edit Service Access Policy page in Liferay Portal 7.0.0 through 7.4.3.87, and Liferay DXP 7.4 GA through update 87, 7.3 GA through update 29, and older unsupported versions allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a service access policy's `Service Class` text field.
Patch / fix
- maven com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom 7.4.3.88
- maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom 7.3.10.u30, 7.4.13.u88
- liferay liferay_portal 7.4.3.88
- liferay digital_experience_platform 7.3
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- last yr.
Exploit prediction
0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-15).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 4.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 3.1 | 4.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 4.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| maven | com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom | >=7.0.0, <7.4.3.88 |
7.4.3.88 |
| maven | com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom | >=7.0, <7.3.10.u30 >=7.4, <7.4.13.u88 |
7.3.10.u30 7.4.13.u88 |
Affected products
- Liferay Portal
- Liferay DXP
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-37940
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-px38-239g-x5mg
- NVD CVE-2023-37940
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