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CVE-2023-37940

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 old...

Published: Dec 17, 2024Updated: Jan 28, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-79
4.8MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 81.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP have Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in edit Service Access Policy page

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:HUI:RS:CC:LI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
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

Liferay
commercial·USaka liferay portal
liferay portalOn-premWeb App
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
digital experience platformOn-premWeb App
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
PortalOn-premWeb App
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
DXPOn-premWeb App
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
Maven
package-ecosystem
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom
OSS Libraries
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom
OSS Libraries

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37940
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
github.com
https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2023-37940
liferay.dev

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