Cross-site scripting in Liferay Enterprise Portal - #VU8557
Published: September 21, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8557
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Liferay
Affected software:
Liferay Enterprise Portal
Liferay Enterprise Portal
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via the <aui:form> tag. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim’s browser in security context of the affected website.
Remediation
Update to version 7.0.2 CE GA3.