Staging Environment: Content and features may be unstable or change without notice.
Advisory details: github_osv / GHSA-cmrw-cgfc-v6x2
Advisory ID github_osv/GHSA-cmrw-cgfc-v6x2
Aliases CVE-2022-42114
Summary Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to XSS via the Role Module A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Role module's edit role assignees page in Liferay Roles Admin Web before 5.0.48 from Liferay Portal (7.4.0 through 7.4.3.36), and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 37 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.
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-cmrw-cgfc-v6x2/GHSA-cmrw-cgfc-v6x2.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/ba9a07ee8d1aa04a9da352e9b6a776313b8ce5e9
https://liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-17609
CVE-2022-42114 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42114
CVE-2022-42114 https://web.archive.org/web/20221019022055/https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-42114
CVE-2022-42114?P_R_P_ASSETENTRYID=121613086&_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%3D121613086%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-2022-42114?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121613086&_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%3D121613086%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-cmrw-cgfc-v6x2/GHSA-cmrw-cgfc-v6x2.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/2025-05-10T02:40:21Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2022/42xxx/CVE-2022-42114.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2022-42114

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/2025-05-10T02:40:21Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2022/42xxx/CVE-2022-42114.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2022-42114

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