CVE-2023-33944 json
Cross-site scripting in Liferay Portal
published 2023-05-24 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also BIT-liferay-2023-33944 , EUVD-2023-1596 , GHSA-pfwc-4frf-4gf8
- cvss
- 4.8
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Cross-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, and 7.4 before update 69 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a container type layout fragment's `URL` text field.
Patch / fix
- maven com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom 7.4.3.69
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction
0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 4.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 3.1 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| OSV | 3.1 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| maven | com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom | >=7.3.4, <7.4.3.69 |
7.4.3.69 |
| bitnami | liferay | >=7.3.0, <=7.3.0 >=7.4.0, <=7.4.0 >=7.3-fix.0, <=7.3-fix.0 >=7.4-update1.0, <=7.4-update1.0 >=7.4-update21.0, <=7.4-update21.0 >=7.4-update34.0, <=7.4-update34.0 >=7.4-update36.0, <=7.4-update36.0 >=7.4-update41.0, <=7.4-update41.0 >=7.4-update50.0, <=7.4-update50.0 >=7.4-update52.0, <=7.4-update52.0 >=7.4-update62.0, <=7.4-update62.0 |
no fix listed |
Affected products
- Liferay Portal
- Liferay DXP
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-33944
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-pfwc-4frf-4gf8
- NVD CVE-2023-33944
- OSV BIT-liferay-2023-33944
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