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Advisory details: github_osv / GHSA-g44j-f8wm-6622
Advisory ID github_osv/GHSA-g44j-f8wm-6622
Aliases CVE-2023-42629
Summary Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Stored XSS in the Manage Vocabulary Page Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the manage vocabulary page in the Asset Categories Admin Web module before 5.0.87 from Liferay Portal (7.4.2 through 7.4.3.87), and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 88 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a Vocabulary's 'description' text field.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.1
Risk 4.0
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 9.0 https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/10/GHSA-g44j-f8wm-6622/GHSA-g44j-f8wm-6622.json
generic_textual CRITICAL
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/2e02110747dd5cccb978623545bfa1f3ad0a5602
https://www.pentagrid.ch/en/blog/stored-cross-site-scripting-vulnerabilities-in-liferay-portal
CVE-2023-42629 https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2023-42629
CVE-2023-42629 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42629
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:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/10/GHSA-g44j-f8wm-6622/GHSA-g44j-f8wm-6622.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

low

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required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

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low

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There are no SSVC decisions available.