GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-cmrw-cgfc-v6x2 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to XSS via the Role Module
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2022-42114
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- com.liferay:com.liferay.roles.admin.web, com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
- Reviewed
- 2025-07-16
Affected packages
• Maven com.liferay:com.liferay.roles.admin.web: < 5.0.48 → fixed in 5.0.48
• Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom: >= 7.4.0, < 7.4.13.u37 → fixed in 7.4.13.u37
Description
A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Role module's edit role assignees page in Liferay Roles Admin Web
before 5.0.48 from Liferay Portal (7.4.0 through 7.4.3.36), and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 37 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2022-42114 A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Role module's edit role assignees page in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.36, and… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42114 advisory
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/ba9a07ee8d1aa04a9da352e9b6a776313b8ce5e9 web
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal package
- https://liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-17609 web
- https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2022-42114?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121613086&_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%3D121613086%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20221019022055/https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-42114 web
- http://liferay.com web