Vulnerability Report

CVE-2022-42118

Title: Liferay Dxp Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

XSS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2022-42118.

CWE Category CWE-79
Published Date Nov 15, 2022
Modified Date Jul 09, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.1 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.90%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2022-42118: A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Portal Search module in Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.4.2, and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 27, 7.2 before fix pack 15, and 7.3 before service pack 3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the `tag` parameter.

Impacted Vendors

L
liferay 3

Reference Links

http://liferay.com https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17342 https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-42118 http://liferay.com https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17342 https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-42118
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
CHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity MEDIUM
6.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
CHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2022-42118 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.