#VU86674 Cross-site scripting in Liferay Enterprise Portal and Liferay DXP - CVE-2023-42498
Published: February 21, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU86674
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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: CVE-2023-42498
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Liferay Enterprise Portal
Liferay DXP
Liferay Enterprise Portal
Liferay DXP
Software vendor:
Liferay
Liferay
Description
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 Language Override edit screen within the "_com_liferay_portal_language_override_web_internal_portlet_PLOPortlet_key" parameter. A remote attacker 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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.