Staging Environment: Content and features may be unstable or change without notice.
Advisory details: github_osv / GHSA-wffm-j7m8-93g4
Advisory ID github_osv/GHSA-wffm-j7m8-93g4
Aliases CVE-2022-28982
Summary Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to XSS via Tag Name A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Liferay Asset Taglib before v6.1.9 from Liferay Portal (v7.3.3 through v7.4.2) and Liferay DXP v7.3 before service pack 3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the name of a tag.
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/2022/09/GHSA-wffm-j7m8-93g4/GHSA-wffm-j7m8-93g4.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/ae71b53861313c6e1c5ac02e129239ea413e0488
https://liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-17363
https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2022-28982-reflected-xss-with-tag-name-in-liferay-asset-asset-tags-selector-?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121612466&_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%3D121612466%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse
https://web.archive.org/web/20220922060111/https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-28982-reflected-xss-with-tag-name-in-%3Cliferay-asset-asset-tags-selector%3E
CVE-2022-28982 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28982
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/2022/09/GHSA-wffm-j7m8-93g4/GHSA-wffm-j7m8-93g4.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/2025-05-27T18:12:46Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2022/28xxx/CVE-2022-28982.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2022-28982

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/2025-05-27T18:12:46Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2022/28xxx/CVE-2022-28982.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2022-28982

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