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CVE-2022-42111: Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to XSS via the Sharing Module

November 15, 2022 (updated August 8, 2025)

A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Sharing module’s user notification before 3.0.9 from Liferay Portal (7.2.1 through 7.4.2), and Liferay DXP 7.2 before fix pack 19, and 7.3 before update 4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by sharing an asset with a crafted payload.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-p768-r2m2-8vjr
  • github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
  • github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/0307ce50253f03203e613534ea03061b0b38caf0
  • github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/4dec737577cfa2d7dd857bf9b4a4ffb5fc02dcc7
  • github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/5a0d16269d0a2e1b370ad8c38ee4d11f34476af5
  • github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/9d53dd83c80833c318f80b7116c441cf005cc781
  • issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17379
  • liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2022-42111?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121612900&_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%3D121612900%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42111

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 3.0.9

Fixed versions

  • 3.0.9

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.0.9 or above.

Impact 5.4 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Source file

maven/com.liferay/com.liferay.sharing.web/CVE-2022-42111.yml

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