Stored cross-site scripting in Liferay Enterprise Portal and Liferay DXP - CVE-2024-26266
Published: February 21, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU86680
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-2024-26266
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 the first/middle/last name text field wirhin the Announcement widget and Alerts widget. A remote user can inject 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-2024-26266
Install update from vendor's website.
Liferay Enterprise Portal - update to 7.4.3.14 ga14
Liferay DXP - addressed in versions 7.2 fix pack 17, 7.3 update 4, 7.4 update 10
Liferay DXP - addressed in versions 7.2 fix pack 17, 7.3 update 4, 7.4 update 10