GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-g6r2-6x46-jpp6 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to XSS in the Frontend Taglib Module
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- Aliases
- CVE-2022-42117
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.taglib.clay, 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.taglib.clay: < 9.1.7 → fixed in 9.1.7
• 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.u17 → fixed in 7.4.13.u17
Description
A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Frontend Taglib module before 9.1.7 from Liferay Portal (7.3.2 through 7.4.3.16), and Liferay DXP 7.3 before update 6, and 7.4 before update 17 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2022-42117 A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Frontend Taglib module in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 through 7.4.3.16, and Liferay DXP 7.3… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42117 advisory
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/a0d25a757f002c39d02b93938bc11feb3b0de6f6 web
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal package
- https://liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-17497 web
- https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2022-42117?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121613244&_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%3D121613244%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20221205223431/https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-42117 web
- http://liferay.com web