Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Stored XSS in the Manage Vocabulary Page
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the manage vocabulary page in the Asset Categories Admin Web module before 5.0.87 from Liferay Portal (7.4.2 through 7.4.3.87), and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 88 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a Vocabulary's 'description' text field.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | com.liferay:com.liferay.asset.categories.admin.web | < 5.0.87 | 5.0.87 |
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom | >= 7.4.0, < 7.4.13.u88 | 7.4.13.u88 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42629
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/2e02110747dd5cccb978623545bfa1f3ad0a5602
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
- https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2023-42629
- https://www.pentagrid.ch/en/blog/stored-cross-site-scripting-vulnerabilities-in-liferay-portal
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79- Platform
- Java / Kotlin (Maven)
- Package
com.liferay:com.liferay.asset.categories.admin.web, com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom- Disclosed
- 17.10.2023
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 12:22
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-g44j-f8wm-6622 - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: com.liferay:com.liferay.asset.categories.admin.web
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