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CVE-2023-42628· NVD / CVE Program· CNA Liferay

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Wiki widget in Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.4.3.87, and Liferay DXP 7.0 fix pack 83

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Wiki widget in Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.4.3.87, and Liferay DXP 7.0 fix pack 83 through 102, 7.1 fix pack 28 and earlier, 7.2 fix pack 20 and earlier, 7.3 update 33 and earlier, and 7.4 before update 88 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into a parent wiki page via a crafted payload injected into a wiki page's ‘Content’ text field.

MediumCVSS 5.4 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Oct 17, 2023
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
2.2% · 82th percentile
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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
21 / 40 · 5.4 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.2%

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
5.4
CNA · Liferay
9.0
3.6 point gap

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

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

Affected systems

VendorProduct
liferaydigital experience platform
liferayliferay portal

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • liferay digital experience platform7.0
  • liferay digital experience platform7.1
  • liferay digital experience platform7.2
  • liferay digital experience platform7.3
  • liferay digital experience platform7.4
  • liferay liferay portal7.1.0 and later · before 7.4.3.88

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Liferay). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Liferay DXP

    • 7.0.10-de-83 and later · up to and including 7.0.10-*affected · maven
    • 7.1.10 and later · up to and including 7.1.10-*affected · maven
    • 7.2.10 and later · up to and including 7.2.10-*affected · maven
    • 7.3.10 and later · up to and including 7.3.10-*affected · maven
    • 7.4.13 and later · up to and including 7.4.13.u87affected · maven

  • Liferay Portal

    • 7.1.0 and later · up to and including 7.4.3.87affected · maven

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Mavencom.liferay:com.liferay.wiki.webbefore 7.0.957.0.95
Mavencom.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomfrom 7.0.10.fp83 · up to and including 7.0.10.fp102—
Mavencom.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomfrom 7.1.0 · up to and including 7.1.10.fp28—
Mavencom.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomfrom 7.2.0 · up to and including 7.2.10.fp20—
Mavencom.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomfrom 7.3.0 · before 7.3.10.u347.3.10.u34
Mavencom.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomfrom 7.4.0 · before 7.4.13.u887.4.13.u88

Same product

liferay: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2024-38002The workflow component in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.5, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.8,
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2024-26273Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the content page editor in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.103, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2024-26272Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the content page editor in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 through 7.4.3.107, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2024-26271Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the My Account widget in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.75 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2020-15841Liferay Portal before 7.3.0, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 89, 7.1 before fix pack 17, and 7.2 before fix pack 4, does not safely test
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2025-3594Path traversal vulnerability with the downloading and installation of Xuggler in Liferay Portal 7.0.0 through 7.4.3.4, and Liferay DXP 7.4 G
    34Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Maven:com.liferay:com.liferay.wiki.web7.0.95Package registry (OSV)
Maven:com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom7.3.10.u34Package registry (OSV)
Maven:com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom7.4.13.u88Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2023-424970 days apartReflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on the Export for Translation page in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.4 through 7.4.3.85, and Lifera
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2023-443110 days apartMultiple reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Plugin for OAuth 2.0 module's OAuth2ProviderApplicationRedirect class i
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2023-3193124 days apartCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Layout module's SEO configuration in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.70 through 7.4.3.73, and Liferay D
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2023-33938146 days apartCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the App Builder module's custom object details page in Liferay Portal 7.3.0 through 7.4.0, and L
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2023-33941146 days apartMultiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Plugin for OAuth 2.0 module's OAuth2ProviderApplicationRedirect class in Liferay
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2023-33944146 days apartCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Layout module in Liferay Portal 7.3.4 through 7.4.3.68, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before update 24, an
    24Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
low · data can be read
Integrity
low · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none

Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality impact
Low
Integrity impact
Low
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

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

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Root cause

User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-79 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;

Fixed

ts
commentEl.textContent = comment.body;

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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References

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