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CVE-2024-25152· NVD / CVE Program· CNA Liferay

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Message Board widget in Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.4.2, and older unsupported version

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Message Board widget in Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.4.2, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before service pack 3, 7.2 before fix pack 17, and older unsupported versions allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the filename of an attachment.

MediumCVSS 5.4 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Feb 20, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.6% · 44th percentile
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Action score

21

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
21 / 40 · 5.4 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.6%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

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
liferayliferay portal
liferaydigital experience platform

Affected versions

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

  • liferay digital experience platformbefore 7.2
  • liferay digital experience platform7.2
  • liferay digital experience platform7.3
  • liferay liferay portalbefore 7.4.3.4

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

    • 7.3.10 and later · up to and including 7.3.10-dxp-2affected · maven
    • 7.2.10 and later · up to and including 7.2.10-dxp-16affected · maven

  • Liferay Portal

    • 7.2.0 and later · up to and including 7.4.2affected · maven

Package-level exposure

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

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Mavencom.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomfrom 7.2.0 · before 7.2.10.fp177.2.10.fp17
Mavencom.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomfrom 7.3.0 · before 7.3.10.u47.3.10.u4
Mavencom.liferay.portal:release.portal.bomup to and including 7.4.2—

Same product

liferay: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2020-7961Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Liferay Portal prior to 7.2.1 CE GA2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via JSON web serKEV
    99Now
  • CVE-2019-16891Liferay Portal CE 6.2.5 allows remote command execution because of deserialization of a JSON payload.
    52Plan
  • CVE-2021-33990Liferay Portal 6.2.5 allows Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=/ requests when frmfolders.html exists.
    43Plan
  • CVE-2020-13445In Liferay Portal before 7.3.2 and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 92, 7.1 before fix pack 18, and 7.2 before fix pack 6, the template API d
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2018-10795Liferay 6.2.x and before has an FCKeditor configuration that allows an attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be a
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2010-5327Liferay Portal through 6.2.10 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary shell commands via a crafted Velocity template.
    36Monitor

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.portal:release.dxp.bom7.2.10.fp17Package registry (OSV)
Maven:com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom7.3.10.u4Package 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

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

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

  • CVE-2023-401910 days apartReflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the instance settings for Accounts in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.44 through 7.4.3.97, and Li
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2023-424960 days apartReflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on the add assignees to a role page in Liferay Portal 7.3.3 through 7.4.3.97, and Liferay
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2023-424980 days apartReflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Language Override edit screen in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.8 through 7.4.3.97, and Life
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2024-251470 days apartCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in HtmlUtil.escapeJsLink in Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.4.1, and older unsupported versions, and
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2024-262690 days apartCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Frontend JS module's portlet.js in Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.4.3.37, and Liferay DXP 7.
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2023-4779795 days apartReflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on a content page’s edit page in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.94 through 7.4.3.95 allows remote a
    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

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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