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CVE-2022-42117

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 attack...

Published: Oct 18, 2022Updated: Jul 9, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-79
6.1MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 59.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

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

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RS:CC:LI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected Products

Maven
package-ecosystem
com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.taglib.clay
OSS Libraries
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom
OSS Libraries
liferay
commercial·USaka liferay portal
dxpOn-premWeb App
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
liferay portalOn-premWeb App
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42117
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/a0d25a757f002c39d02b93938bc11feb3b0de6f6
github.com
https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
github.com
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