Staging Environment: Content and features may be unstable or change without notice.
Advisory details: github_osv / GHSA-7f7g-vhff-mjqj
Advisory ID github_osv/GHSA-7f7g-vhff-mjqj
Aliases CVE-2022-42112
Summary Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to XSS via the Portal Search Module A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Portal Search module's Sort widget before 6.0.45 from Liferay Portal (7.2.0 through 7.4.3.24), and Liferay DXP 7.2 before fix pack 19, 7.3 before update 5, and DXP 7.4 before update 25 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 4.9
Risk 2.5
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 5.4 https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/10/GHSA-7f7g-vhff-mjqj/GHSA-7f7g-vhff-mjqj.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/1f6521605152c0f8f82f490300215f08f885fe48
https://liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-17536
CVE-2022-42112 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42112
CVE-2022-42112 https://web.archive.org/web/20220701000000*/https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-42112
CVE-2022-42112?P_R_P_ASSETENTRYID=121612934&_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%3D121612934%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-2022-42112?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121612934&_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%3D121612934%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:L/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-7f7g-vhff-mjqj/GHSA-7f7g-vhff-mjqj.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/2025-05-10T02:43:43Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2022/42xxx/CVE-2022-42112.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2022-42112

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/2025-05-10T02:43:43Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2022/42xxx/CVE-2022-42112.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2022-42112

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