Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to XSS in the Site Module
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Site module's user membership administration page in Liferay Site Memberships Web before 5.0.10 from 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.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | com.liferay:com.liferay.site.memberships.web | < 5.0.10 | 5.0.10 |
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom | >= 7.0.0, < 7.0.10.fp102, >= 7.1.0, < 7.1.10.fp26, >= 7.2.0, < 7.2.10.fp15 | 7.0.10.fp102, 7.1.10.fp26, 7.2.10.fp15 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28978
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/ffdc9d1f8abf484598afdc51671a30533740c16d
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
- https://liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-17332
- https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2022-28978-stored-xss-with-user-name-in-site-membership?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121612301&_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%3D121612301%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse
- https://web.archive.org/web/20220922015759/https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-28978-stored-xss-with-user-name-in-site-membership
- http://liferay.com
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79- Platform
- Java / Kotlin (Maven)
- Package
com.liferay:com.liferay.site.memberships.web, com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom- Disclosed
- 23.09.2022
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 12:21
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-7m65-hmvg-rxpc - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: com.liferay:com.liferay.site.memberships.web
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.
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