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Advisory details: github_osv / GHSA-2qwm-9mg5-jwq8
Advisory ID github_osv/GHSA-2qwm-9mg5-jwq8
Aliases CVE-2022-42110
Summary Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to XSS via the Announcements Module A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Announcements module before 6.0.11 from Liferay Portal (7.1.0 through 7.4.2), and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 27, 7.2 before fix pack 17, and 7.3 before service pack 3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.5
Risk 2.8
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/11/GHSA-2qwm-9mg5-jwq8/GHSA-2qwm-9mg5-jwq8.json
generic_textual MODERATE
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/99b1c4752cd06e6681d7aa9c3b0f58154f434060
https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17403
CVE-2022-42110 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42110
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No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/11/GHSA-2qwm-9mg5-jwq8/GHSA-2qwm-9mg5-jwq8.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

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none

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required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

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none

Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-30T18:52:12Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2022/42xxx/CVE-2022-42110.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2022-42110

View SSVC decision tree 
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 {'Automatable': 'no'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]