GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-67jp-27jj-6x85 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to XSS in the CKEditor Integration with the Frontend Editor Module

MEDIUM Published 2022-10-19 Modified 2025-07-16 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2022-42116
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.editor.ckeditor.web, com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-79
Reviewed
2025-07-16

Affected packages

• Maven com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.editor.ckeditor.web: < 5.0.46 → fixed in 5.0.46 • Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom: >= 7.3.0, < 7.3.10.u6 → fixed in 7.3.10.u6 • Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom: >= 7.4.0, < 7.4.13.u15 → fixed in 7.4.13.u15

Description

A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Frontend Editor module's integration with CKEditor in Liferay Frontend Editor CKEditor Web before 5.0.46 from Liferay Portal (7.3.2 through 7.4.3.14), and Liferay DXP 7.3 before update 6, and 7.4 before update 15 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) name, or (2) namespace parameter.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2022-42116 A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Frontend Editor module's integration with CKEditor in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 through… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness

References