CVE-2023-40191 — Vulnerability in...

CRITICAL

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting

Published February 21, 2024Updated January 28, 2025Source: osv

Summary

Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the instance settings for Accounts in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.44 through 7.4.3.97, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3 before patch 6, and 7.4 update 44 through 92 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the “Blocked Email Domains” text field

Advisory Timeline

First published February 21, 2024 (964 days ago).
Last revised January 28, 2025 — 343 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Maven

Update com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom to 2023.Q3.6 or later

<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 2023.Q3.6 for com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom -->

Maven

Update com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom to 7.4.3.98 or later

<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 7.4.3.98 for com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom -->

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (3)

Affects 1 ecosystem: maven (2).

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed In
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom	maven	2023.q3.1, 2023.q3.2, 2023.q3.3, 2023.q3.4 (+1 more)	2023.Q3.6
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom	maven	7.4.3.44, 7.4.3.45, 7.4.3.46, 7.4.3.47 (+54 more)	7.4.3.98
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom	maven	7.4.13.u44, 7.4.13.u45, 7.4.13.u46, 7.4.13.u47 (+45 more)	Range-based data available

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CWE-79
Cross-site Scripting (XSS)MITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.0 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2023-40191?: Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.0/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2023-40191?: CVE-2023-40191 affects com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom and com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2023-40191 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score

9.0

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-468x-frcm-ghx6

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