Cross-site scripting in Liferay Enterprise Portal and Liferay DXP - CVE-2023-33944
Published: May 29, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU76600
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-33944
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in Layout module. A remote user can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Affected software
Liferay Enterprise Portal
Liferay DXP
Liferay DXP
How to mitigate CVE-2023-33944
Install update from vendor's website.
Liferay Enterprise Portal - update to 7.4.3.69 ga69
Liferay DXP - addressed in versions 7.3 update 24, 7.4 update 69
Liferay DXP - addressed in versions 7.3 update 24, 7.4 update 69