Staging Environment: Content and features may be unstable or change without notice.
Advisory details: github_osv / GHSA-mr77-4pm4-x9vm
Advisory ID github_osv/GHSA-mr77-4pm4-x9vm
Aliases CVE-2022-42118
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 before 6.0.12 from Liferay Portal (7.1.0 through 7.4.2), and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 27, 7.2 before fix pack 15, and 7.3 before service pack 3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the `tag` 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/2022/11/GHSA-mr77-4pm4-x9vm/GHSA-mr77-4pm4-x9vm.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/b42f1e70a69a31a3f2f7004a5b1923ec1e1e5445
https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17342
CVE-2022-42118 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42118
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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/2022/11/GHSA-mr77-4pm4-x9vm/GHSA-mr77-4pm4-x9vm.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/2025-04-30T14:37:48Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2022/42xxx/CVE-2022-42118.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2022-42118

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/2025-04-30T14:37:48Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2022/42xxx/CVE-2022-42118.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2022-42118

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