CVE-2023-42498: Liferay Portal Language Override edit screen and Liferay DXP vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting

February 21, 2024 (updated January 28, 2025)

Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Language Override edit screen in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.8 through 7.4.3.97, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3 before patch 5, and 7.4 update 4 through 92 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _com_liferay_portal_language_override_web_internal_portlet_PLOPortlet_key parameter.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-73x3-8mrg-5r93
github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2023-42498
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42498

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