Staging Environment: Content and features may be unstable or change without notice.
Advisory details: github_osv / GHSA-g6r2-6x46-jpp6
Advisory ID github_osv/GHSA-g6r2-6x46-jpp6
Aliases CVE-2022-42117
Summary Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to XSS in the Frontend Taglib Module A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Frontend Taglib module before 9.1.7 from Liferay Portal (7.3.2 through 7.4.3.16), and Liferay DXP 7.3 before update 6, and 7.4 before update 17 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/2022/10/GHSA-g6r2-6x46-jpp6/GHSA-g6r2-6x46-jpp6.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/a0d25a757f002c39d02b93938bc11feb3b0de6f6
https://liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-17497
CVE-2022-42117 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42117
CVE-2022-42117 https://web.archive.org/web/20221205223431/https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-42117
CVE-2022-42117?P_R_P_ASSETENTRYID=121613244&_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%3D121613244%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-2022-42117?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121613244&_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%3D121613244%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-g6r2-6x46-jpp6/GHSA-g6r2-6x46-jpp6.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

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-05-12T17:58:40Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2022/42xxx/CVE-2022-42117.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2022-42117

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/2025-05-12T17:58:40Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2022/42xxx/CVE-2022-42117.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2022-42117

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