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Vulnerability details: VCID-nj7q-1ctp-q7g7
Vulnerability ID VCID-nj7q-1ctp-q7g7
Aliases CVE-2023-42498
GHSA-73x3-8mrg-5r93
Summary Liferay Portal Language Override edit screen and Liferay DXP vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Language Override edit screen in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.8 through 7.4.3.97, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3 before patch 5, and 7.4 update 4 through 92 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the `_com_liferay_portal_language_override_web_internal_portlet_PLOPortlet_key` parameter.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.0044 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-42498
cvssv3.1_qr CRITICAL https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-73x3-8mrg-5r93
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-42498
https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
CVE-2023-42498 https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2023-42498
CVE-2023-42498 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42498
GHSA-73x3-8mrg-5r93 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-73x3-8mrg-5r93
No exploits are available.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.63482
EPSS Score 0.0044
Published At May 30, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-30T21:03:24.035260+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/maven/com.liferay.portal/release.portal.bom/CVE-2023-42498.yml 38.6.0