CVE-2023-42628

CRITICAL

Published 2023-10-17T11:52:45.867Z

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CVSS Score

V3.1

9.0

/10

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

Base Score Metrics

Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14

0.002

probability

of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.2% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25

Exploit Probability

Percentile: 0.377

Higher than 37.7% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality

HIGH

Integrity

HIGH

Availability

HIGH

Description

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

Liferay

DXP

Affected Versions:

7.0.10-de-83 7.1.10 7.2.10 7.3.10 7.4.13

Liferay

Portal

Affected Versions:

7.1.0

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

✓ GitHub Reviewed CRITICAL

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to XSS in the Wiki Widget

GHSA-hv45-r2f5-fmhj

Advisory Details

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Wiki widget in Liferay Wiki Web before 7.0.95 from 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.