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Cross-site Scripting occurrences in Liferay Portal
A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Portal Search module in 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. (2022-11-15, CVE-2022-42118)
A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Sharing module's user notification in Liferay Portal 7.2.1 through 7.4.2, and Liferay DXP 7.2 before fix pack 19, and 7.3 before update 4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by sharing an asset with a crafted payload. (2022-11-15, CVE-2022-42111)
Certain Liferay products are vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via the Commerce module. This affects Liferay Portal 7.3.5 through 7.4.2 and Liferay DXP 7.3 before update 8. (2022-11-15, CVE-2022-42119)
A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Announcements module in Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.4.2, and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 27, 7.2 before fix pack 17, and 7.3 before service pack 3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. (2022-11-15, CVE-2022-42110)
A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Document and Media module - file upload functionality in Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.3.10 SP3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary JS script or HTML into the description field of uploaded svg file. (2022-10-19, CVE-2022-38901)
A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Document Library module in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.30 through 7.4.3.36, and Liferay DXP 7.4 update 30 through update 36 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the `redirect` parameter. (2022-10-18, CVE-2022-42113)
A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Frontend Editor module's integration with CKEditor in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 through 7.4.3.14, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before update 6, and 7.4 before update 15 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) name, or (2) namespace parameter. (2022-10-18, CVE-2022-42116)
A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Frontend Taglib module in 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. (2022-10-18, CVE-2022-42117)
A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Portal Search module's Sort widget in Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.4.3.24, and Liferay DXP 7.2 before fix pack 19, 7.3 before update 5, and DXP 7.4 before update 25 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload. (2022-10-18, CVE-2022-42112)
A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Role module's edit role assignees page in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.36, and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 37 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. (2022-10-18, CVE-2022-42114)
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Object module's edit object details page in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.4 through 7.4.3.36 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the object field's `Label` text field. (2022-10-18, CVE-2022-42115)
A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Blog module - add new topic functionality in Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.3.10 SP3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary JS script or HTML into the name field of newly created topic. (2022-10-13, CVE-2022-38902)
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Liferay Portal v7.4.3.4 and Liferay DXP v7.4 GA allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via parameters with the filter_ prefix. (2022-09-22, CVE-2022-28980)
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in 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. (2022-09-22, CVE-2022-28982)
Liferay Portal v7.1.0 through v7.4.2 and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 26, 7.2 before fix pack 15, and 7.3 before service pack 3 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Portal Search module's Custom Facet widget. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Custom Parameter Name text field. (2022-09-22, CVE-2022-28979)
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Site module's user membership administration page in Liferay Portal 7.0.1 through 7.4.1, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 102, 7.1 before fix pack 26, 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 a user's name. (2022-09-22, CVE-2022-28978)
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Journal module's web content display configuration page in Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.3.3, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 94, 7.1 before fix pack 19, and 7.2 before fix pack 8, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via web content template names. (2022-04-25, CVE-2022-26596)
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Layout module's Open Graph integration in Liferay Portal 7.3.0 through 7.4.0, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before service pack 3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the site name. (2022-04-25, CVE-2022-26597)
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Asset module's asset categories selector in Liferay Portal 7.3.3 through 7.4.0, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before service pack 3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name of a asset category. (2022-04-19, CVE-2022-26593)
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Liferay Portal 7.3.5 through 7.4.0, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before service pack 3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a form field's help text to (1) Forms module's form builder, or (2) App Builder module's object form view's form builder. (2022-04-15, CVE-2022-26594)
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Asset module in Liferay Portal 7.3.4 through 7.3.6 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML when creating a collection page via the _com_liferay_asset_list_web_portlet_AssetListPortlet_title parameter. (2022-03-03, CVE-2021-38265)
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Blogs module's edit blog entry page in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 through 7.3.6, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before fix pack 2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _com_liferay_blogs_web_portlet_BlogsAdminPortlet_title and _com_liferay_blogs_web_portlet_BlogsAdminPortlet_subtitle parameter. (2022-03-03, CVE-2021-38267)
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Frontend Taglib module in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 and 7.4.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into the management toolbar search via the `keywords` parameter. This issue is caused by an incomplete fix in CVE-2021-35463. (2022-03-03, CVE-2021-38264)
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Gogo Shell module in Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.3.6 and 7.4.0, and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 23, 7.2 before fix pack 13, and 7.3 before fix pack 2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the output of a Gogo Shell command. (2022-03-03, CVE-2021-38269)
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Server module's script console in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 101, 7.1 before fix pack 20 and 7.2 before fix pack 10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the output of a script. (2022-03-03, CVE-2021-38263)
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Document Library module's add document menu in Liferay Portal 7.3.0 through 7.3.4, and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 20, and 7.2 before fix pack 9, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _com_liferay_document_library_web_portlet_DLAdminPortlet_name parameter. (2021-08-04, CVE-2021-33337)
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Frontend Taglib module in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into the management toolbar search via the `keywords` parameter. (2021-08-04, CVE-2021-35463)
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Fragment module in Liferay Portal 7.2.1 through 7.3.4, and Liferay DXP 7.2 before fix pack 9 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _com_liferay_site_admin_web_portlet_SiteAdminPortlet_name parameter. (2021-08-04, CVE-2021-33339)
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Journal module's add article menu in Liferay Portal 7.3.0 through 7.3.3, and Liferay DXP 7.1 fix pack 18, and 7.2 fix pack 5 through 7, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _com_liferay_journal_web_portlet_JournalPortlet_name parameter. (2021-08-04, CVE-2021-33336)
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Portlet Configuration module in Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.3.2, and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 19, and 7.2 before fix pack 7, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _com_liferay_portlet_configuration_css_web_portlet_PortletConfigurationCSSPortlet_portletResource parameter. (2021-08-03, CVE-2021-33332)
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Asset module's edit vocabulary page in Liferay Portal 7.0.0 through 7.3.4, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 96, 7.1 before fix pack 20, and 7.2 before fix pack 9, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) _com_liferay_journal_web_portlet_JournalPortlet_name or (2) _com_liferay_document_library_web_portlet_DLAdminPortlet_name parameter. (2021-08-03, CVE-2021-33328)
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Frontend JS module in Liferay Portal 7.3.4 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 96, 7.1 before fix pack 20 and 7.2 before fix pack 9, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the title of a modal window. (2021-08-03, CVE-2021-33326)
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Asset module's Asset Publisher app in Liferay Portal 7.2.1 through 7.3.5, and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 21, 7.2 before fix pack 10 and 7.3 before fix pack 1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_XXXXXXXXXXXX_assetEntryId parameter. (2021-05-17, CVE-2021-29051)
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Layout module's page administration page in Liferay Portal 7.3.4, 7.3.5 and Liferay DXP 7.2 before fix pack 11 and 7.3 before fix pack 1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _com_liferay_layout_admin_web_portlet_GroupPagesPortlet_name parameter. (2021-05-17, CVE-2021-29048)
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Asset module's category selector input field in Liferay Portal 7.3.5 and Liferay DXP 7.3 before fix pack 1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _com_liferay_asset_categories_admin_web_portlet_AssetCategoriesAdminPortlet_title parameter. (2021-05-17, CVE-2021-29046)
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Redirect module's redirection administration page in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 through 7.3.5, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before fix pack 1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _com_liferay_redirect_web_internal_portlet_RedirectPortlet_destinationURL parameter. (2021-05-17, CVE-2021-29045)
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Site module's membership request administration pages in Liferay Portal 7.0.0 through 7.3.5, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 97, 7.1 before fix pack 21, 7.2 before fix pack 10 and 7.3 before fix pack 1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _com_liferay_site_my_sites_web_portlet_MySitesPortlet_comments parameter. (2021-05-17, CVE-2021-29044)
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Asset module's categories administration page in Liferay Portal 7.3.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the site name. (2021-05-16, CVE-2021-29039)
Liferay CMS Portal version 7.1.3 and 7.2.1 have a blind persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the user name parameter to Calendar. An attacker can insert the malicious payload on the username, lastname or surname fields of its own profile, and the malicious payload will be injected and reflected in the calendar of the user who submitted the payload. An attacker could escalate its privileges in case an admin visits the calendar that injected the payload. (2021-01-07, CVE-2020-25476)
In LifeRay Portal CE 7.1.0 through 7.2.1 GA2, the First Name, Middle Name, and Last Name fields for user accounts in MyAccountPortlet are all vulnerable to a persistent XSS issue. Any user can modify these fields with a particular XSS payload, and it will be stored in the database. The payload will then be rendered when a user utilizes the search feature to search for other users (i.e., if a user with modified fields occurs in the search results). This issue was fixed in Liferay Portal CE version 7.3.0 GA1. (2020-01-28, CVE-2020-7934)
Liferay Portal through 7.2.0 GA1 allows XSS via a journal article title to journal_article/page.jsp in journal/journal-taglib. (2019-09-09, CVE-2019-16147)
In Liferay Portal before 7.1 CE GA4, an XSS vulnerability exists in the SimpleCaptcha API when custom code passes unsanitized input into the "url" parameter of the JSP taglib call
Why Cross-site Scripting can be dangerous
Cross site scripting is an attack where a web page executes code that is injected by an adversary. It usually appears, when users input is presented. This attack can be used to impersonate a user, take over control of the session, or even steal API keys.
The attack can be executed e.g. when you application injects the request parameter directly into the HTML code of the page returned to the user:
https://server.com/confirmation?message=Transaction+Complete
what results in:
<span>Confirmation: Transaction Complete</span>
In that case the message can be modified to become a valid Javascript code, e.g.:
https://server.com/confirmation?message=<script>dangerous javascript code here</script>
and it will be executed locally by the user's browser with full access to the user's personal application/browser data:
<span>Confirmation: <script>dangerous javascript code here</script></span>