GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-7r3w-wggm-pjwf Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to XSS in the Portal Search Module
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- Aliases
- CVE-2022-28979
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.search.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
- 2025-07-18
Affected packages
• Maven com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.search.web: < 6.0.19 → fixed in 6.0.19
• Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom: < 7.1.10.fp26 (no fix yet)
• Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom: < 7.2.10.fp15 (no fix yet)
Description
In Search Web before v6.0.19 in Liferay Portal (v7.1.0 through v7.4.2) and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 26, 7.2 before fix pack 15, and 7.3 before service pack 3 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Portal Search module's Custom Facet widget. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Custom Parameter Name text field.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2022-28979 Liferay Portal v7.1.0 through v7.4.2 and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 26, 7.2 before fix pack 15, and 7.3 before service pack 3 was… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28979 advisory
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/e18065248673c77927f4839439aa200bfb965ced web
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal package
- https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17381 web
- https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2022-28979-xss-in-custom-facet-widget?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121612377&_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fliferay.dev%3A443%2Fportal%2Fsecurity%2Fknown-vulnerabilities%3Fp_p_id%3Dcom_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_r_p_assetEntryId%3D121612377%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse web
- https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-28979-xss-in-custom-facet-widget web
- http://liferay.com web