Liferay Portal stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

published 2024-02-07 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-9vgq-w5pv-v77q , EUVD-2024-0601

cvss: 9.6; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 47%
public exploits: 0; none known

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Portal Search module's Search Result app in Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.4.3.11, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 8, 7.3 before update 4, 7.2 before fix pack 17, and older unsupported versions allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into the Search Result app's search result if highlighting is disabled by adding any searchable content (e.g., blog, message board message, web content article) to the application.

Patch / fix

fixed in 4

maven com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom 7.4.3.12
maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom 7.2.10.fp17, 7.3.10.u4, 7.4.3.13u8
liferay digital_experience_platform 7.2
liferay liferay_portal 7.4.3.12

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-02-08)

Exploit prediction

0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	9.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
GitHub	3.1	9.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom	<7.4.3.12	7.4.3.12
maven	com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom	>=7.4.0, <7.4.3.13u8 >=7.3.0, <7.3.10.u4 <7.2.10.fp17	7.4.3.13u8 7.3.10.u4 7.2.10.fp17

Affected products

Liferay Portal
Liferay DXP

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

liferay.dev /portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2024-25145
vendor-advisory, web
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25145
advisory
github.com /liferay/liferay-portal
package

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary