CVE-2023-42497 json
Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Reflected XSS via the Export for Translation Page
published 3y ago modified 4mo ago also BIT-liferay-2023-42497 , EUVD-2023-46936 , GHSA-w2g3-j73q-7qv7
- cvss
- 9.6
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.6%
- EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 47%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on the Export for Translation page in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.4 through 7.4.3.85, and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 86 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the `_com_liferay_translation_web_internal_portlet_TranslationPortlet_redirect` parameter.
Patch / fix
- maven com.liferay:com.liferay.translation.web 2.0.86
- maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom 7.4.13.u86
- liferay liferay_portal 7.4.3.86
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2y ago
Exploit prediction
0.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-15).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 9.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 9.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| OSV | 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.translation.web | <2.0.86 |
2.0.86 |
| maven | com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom | >=7.4.0, <7.4.13.u86 |
7.4.13.u86 |
| bitnami | liferay | >=7.4.0, <=7.4.0 >=7.4-update1.0, <=7.4-update1.0 >=7.4-update21.0, <=7.4-update21.0 >=7.4-update34.0, <=7.4-update34.0 >=7.4-update36.0, <=7.4-update36.0 >=7.4-update41.0, <=7.4-update41.0 >=7.4-update48.0, <=7.4-update48.0 >=7.4-update50.0, <=7.4-update50.0 >=7.4-update52.0, <=7.4-update52.0 >=7.4-update62.0, <=7.4-update62.0 >=7.4-update67.0, <=7.4-update67.0 >=7.4-update76.0, <=7.4-update76.0 >=7.4-update81.0, <=7.4-update81.0 >=7.4-update82.0, <=7.4-update82.0 >=7.4-update83.0, <=7.4-update83.0 >=7.4-update84.0, <=7.4-update84.0 >=7.4-update85.0, <=7.4-update85.0 |
no fix listed |
Affected products
- Liferay DXP
- Liferay Portal
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
-
liferay.dev
/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2023-42497
vendor-advisory, web
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42497
advisory
-
github.com
/liferay/liferay-portal
package
-
liferay.dev
/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2023-42497?p_r_p_assetEntryId=122124
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-42497
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-w2g3-j73q-7qv7
- NVD CVE-2023-42497
- OSV BIT-liferay-2023-42497
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