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Liferay Portal Allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via the SimpleCaptcha API

  • Disclosed: 24.05.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:21

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 <liferay-ui:captcha url="<%= url %>" /> or <liferay-captcha:captcha url="<%= url %>" />. Liferay Portal out-of-the-box behavior with no customizations is not vulnerable.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom < 7.1.0 7.1.0

References

CVSS score 4.7/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom
Disclosed
24.05.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 12:21

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-hwp2-gvm5-452f - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (159) in the archive
Total entries
159
First → latest
05.2021 10.2025
Without a fix
33
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 18
  • High 25
  • Medium 115
  • Low 1

Disclosures per year

Severity:
  1. Liferay Portal Allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via the SimpleCaptcha API this entry
    Medium · 4.7 CVE-2019-6588 < 7.1.0 7.1.0
  2. Liferay Portal Vulnerable to DoS via Crafted Headless API Request
    High CVE-2025-62260 >= 7.4.0-ga1, < 7.4.3.100 7.4.3.100
  3. Liferay Portal Vulnerable to CSRF in Headless APIs
    High CVE-2025-62258 >= 7.4.0-ga1, < 7.4.3.108 7.4.3.108
  4. Liferay Portal Vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery
    High CVE-2025-43748 >= 7.0.0-a1, < 7.4.3.120-ga120 7.4.3.120-ga120
  5. Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Workflow Component Does Not Check User Permissions
    Critical · 9.0 CVE-2024-38002 >= 7.3.2-ga3, < 7.4.3.112-ga112 7.4.3.112-ga112
  6. Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to CSRF in the Script Console
    Critical · 9.6 CVE-2024-8980 >= 7.0.0-a1, < 7.4.3.102-GA102 7.4.3.102-GA102
  7. Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) via the My Account Widget
    High · 8.8 CVE-2024-26271 >= 7.4.3.75, < 7.4.3.112 7.4.3.112
  8. Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) via the Content Page Editor
    High · 8.8 CVE-2024-26273 >= 7.4.0, < 7.4.3.104 7.4.3.104
  9. Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) via the Content Page Editor
    High · 8.8 CVE-2024-26272 >= 7.3.2, < 7.4.3.108 7.4.3.108
  10. Liferay Portal Document and Media widget and Liferay DXP vulnerable to stored Cross-site Scripting
    Critical · 9.0 CVE-2023-47795 >= 7.4.3.18, < 7.4.3.102 7.4.3.102
  11. Liferay Portal's Dynamic Data Mapping module's DDMForm and Liferay DXP vulnerable to stored Cross-site Scripting
    Critical · 9.0 CVE-2024-25603 < 7.4.3.5 7.4.3.5
  12. Liferay Portal Frontend JS module's portlet.js and Liferay DXP vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
    Critical · 9.6 CVE-2024-26269 >= 7.2.0, < 7.4.3.38 7.4.3.38
  13. Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to stored Cross-site Scripting
    Critical · 9.0 CVE-2024-26266 < 7.4.3.14 7.4.3.14
  14. Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting
    Critical · 9.0 CVE-2023-40191 >= 7.4.3.44, < 7.4.3.98 7.4.3.98
  15. Liferay Portal Language Override edit screen and Liferay DXP vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting
    Critical · 9.6 CVE-2023-42498 >= 7.4.3.8, < 7.4.3.98 7.4.3.98
  16. Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting
    Critical · 9.6 CVE-2023-42496 >= 7.3.3, < 7.4.3.98 7.4.3.98
  17. Liferay Portal Expando module and Liferay DXP vulnerable to stored Cross-site Scripting
    Critical · 9.0 CVE-2024-25601 <= 7.4.2 no fix
  18. Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP's Users Admin module vulnerable to stored Cross-site Scripting
    Critical · 9.0 CVE-2024-25602 <= 7.4.2 no fix
  19. Liferay Portal Message Board widget and Liferay DXP vulnerable to stored Cross-site Scripting
    Critical · 9.0 CVE-2024-25152 <= 7.4.2 no fix
  20. Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
    Critical · 9.6 CVE-2024-25147 <= 7.4.1 no fix
  21. Liferay Portal has a Stored XSS with Blog entries (Insecure defaults)
    Critical · 9.0 CVE-2024-25610 < 7.4.3.13 7.4.3.13
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