GHSA-CMRW-CGFC-V6X2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-10-19 12:00 – Updated: 2025-07-16 17:50
VLAI?
Summary
Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to XSS via the Role Module
Details

A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Role module's edit role assignees page in Liferay Roles Admin Web before 5.0.48 from Liferay Portal (7.4.0 through 7.4.3.36), and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 37 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.

Severity ?
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "com.liferay:com.liferay.roles.admin.web"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5.0.48"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "7.4.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7.4.13.u37"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-42114"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-07-16T17:50:30Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-10-18T21:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Role module\u0027s edit role assignees page in Liferay Roles Admin Web\nbefore 5.0.48 from Liferay Portal (7.4.0 through 7.4.3.36), and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 37 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.",
  "id": "GHSA-cmrw-cgfc-v6x2",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T17:50:30Z",
  "published": "2022-10-19T12:00:23Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42114"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/ba9a07ee8d1aa04a9da352e9b6a776313b8ce5e9"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-17609"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2022-42114?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121613086\u0026_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fliferay.dev%3A443%2Fportal%2Fsecurity%2Fknown-vulnerabilities%3Fp_p_id%3Dcom_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_r_p_assetEntryId%3D121613086%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20221019022055/https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-42114"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://liferay.com"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to XSS via the Role Module"
}


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