GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-pvpg-9553-f979 Liferay Portal Vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via User Name Parameter

MEDIUM Published 2022-05-24 Modified 2025-05-14 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2020-25476
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.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
2025-05-14

Affected packages

• Maven com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom: <= 7.1.3 (no fix yet) • Maven com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom: >= 7.2, <= 7.2.1 (no fix yet)

Description

Liferay CMS Portal version 7.1.3 and 7.2.1 have a blind persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the user name parameter to Calendar. An attacker can insert the malicious payload on the username, lastname or surname fields of its own profile, and the malicious payload will be injected and reflected in the calendar of the user who submitted the payload. An attacker could escalate its privileges in case an admin visits the calendar that injected the payload.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2020-25476 Liferay CMS Portal version 7.1.3 and 7.2.1 have a blind persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the user name parameter to… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

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

References