Staging Environment: Content and features may be unstable or change without notice.
Advisory details: github_osv / GHSA-67jp-27jj-6x85
Advisory ID github_osv/GHSA-67jp-27jj-6x85
Aliases CVE-2022-42116
Summary Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to XSS in the CKEditor Integration with the Frontend Editor Module A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Frontend Editor module's integration with CKEditor in Liferay Frontend Editor CKEditor Web before 5.0.46 from Liferay Portal (7.3.2 through 7.4.3.14), and Liferay DXP 7.3 before update 6, and 7.4 before update 15 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) name, or (2) namespace parameter.
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/2022/10/GHSA-67jp-27jj-6x85/GHSA-67jp-27jj-6x85.json
generic_textual MODERATE
Reference id Reference type URL
http://liferay.com
https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/ed2b59aa7db94c05c2be9ff5fda1d26ae7b00948
https://liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-17480
CVE-2022-42116 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42116
CVE-2022-42116 https://web.archive.org/web/20221019032312/https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-42116
CVE-2022-42116?P_R_P_ASSETENTRYID=121613012&_COM_LIFERAY_ASSET_PUBLISHER_WEB_PORTLET_ASSETPUBLISHERPORTLET_INSTANCE_JEKT_REDIRECT=HTTPS%3A%2F%2FLIFERAY.DEV%3A443%2FPORTAL%2FSECURITY%2FKNOWN-VULNERABILITIES%3FP_P_ID%3DCOM_LIFERAY_ASSET_PUBLISHER_WEB_PORTLET_ASSETPUBLISHERPORTLET_INSTANCE_JEKT%26P_P_LIFECYCLE%3D0%26P_P_STATE%3DNORMAL%26P_P_MODE%3DVIEW%26P_R_P_ASSETENTRYID%3D121613012%26_COM_LIFERAY_ASSET_PUBLISHER_WEB_PORTLET_ASSETPUBLISHERPORTLET_INSTANCE_JEKT_CUR%3D0%26P_R_P_RESETCUR%3DFALSE https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2022-42116?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121613012&_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fliferay.dev%3A443%2Fportal%2Fsecurity%2Fknown-vulnerabilities%3Fp_p_id%3Dcom_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_r_p_assetEntryId%3D121613012%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse
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/2022/10/GHSA-67jp-27jj-6x85/GHSA-67jp-27jj-6x85.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-05-13T14:38:42Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2022/42xxx/CVE-2022-42116.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2022-42116

View SSVC decision tree 
[{'Exploitation': 'none'},
 {'Automatable': 'no'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]

Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-05-13T14:38:42Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2022/42xxx/CVE-2022-42116.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2022-42116

View SSVC decision tree 
[{'Exploitation': 'none'},
 {'Automatable': 'no'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]