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CVE-2023-42497

CRITICAL

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Reflected XSS via the Export for Translation Page

Published October 17, 2023Updated August 8, 2025Source: osv

Summary

Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on the Export for Translation page before 2.0.86 from Liferay Portal (7.4.3.4 through 7.4.3.85), and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 86 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the `_com_liferay_translation_web_internal_portlet_TranslationPortlet_redirect` parameter.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Maven
Update com.liferay:com.liferay.translation.web to 2.0.86 or later
<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 2.0.86 for com.liferay:com.liferay.translation.web -->
Maven
Update com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom to 7.4.13.u86 or later
<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 7.4.13.u86 for com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom -->

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

Affected Packages (2)

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
com.liferay:com.liferay.translation.web
maven
1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.10, 1.0.11 (+115 more)2.0.86
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom
maven
7.4.10.ep1, 7.4.11, 7.4.12, 7.4.13 (+81 more)7.4.13.u86

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) 9.6 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2023-42497?
Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Reflected XSS via the Export for Translation Page This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.6/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2023-42497?
CVE-2023-42497 affects com.liferay:com.liferay.translation.web and com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2023-42497 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
9.6

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-w2g3-j73q-7qv7
BIT-liferay-2023-42497

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