CVE-2023-42498

mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.006 · 49 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.61% (49th) EPSS

CVSS 6.1 · medium

Is it mine?

31 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Language Override edit screen in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.8 through 7.4.3.97, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3 before patch 5, and 7.4 update 4 through 92 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _com_liferay_portal_language_override_web_internal_portlet_PLOPortlet_key parameter.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.6

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 5.6–9.6

v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 2.7

v3.19.6criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.19.6criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security@liferay.comexploitability 2.8 · impact 6

v3.19.6criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.15.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-79USprimaryCWE-79US

affected products (31)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Liferay Liferay DXP < 7.3 update 5all versionscert_bundDE
Liferay Liferay DXP < 7.3 update 8all versionscert_bundDE
Liferay Liferay DXP < 7.4 update 16all versionscert_bundDE
Liferay Liferay DXP < 7.4 update 26all versionscert_bundDE
Liferay Liferay DXP < 7.4 update 27all versionscert_bundDE
Liferay Liferay DXP < 7.4 update 9all versionscert_bundDE
Liferay Liferay Portal < 7.4.3.16all versionscert_bundDE
Liferay Liferay Portal < 7.4.3.26all versionscert_bundDE
Liferay Liferay Portal < 7.4.3.27all versionscert_bundDE
Liferay DXP< 7.3 update 5cert_bundDE
Liferay DXP< 7.3 update 8cert_bundDE
Liferay DXP< 7.4 update 16cert_bundDE
Liferay DXP< 7.4 update 26cert_bundDE
Liferay DXP< 7.4 update 27cert_bundDE
Liferay DXP< 7.4 update 9cert_bundDE
Liferay Portal< 7.4.3.16cert_bundDE
Liferay Portal< 7.4.3.26cert_bundDE
Liferay Portal< 7.4.3.27cert_bundDE
Liferay DXP≤ 7.4.13.u4 ≤7.4.13.u92enisa_euvdEU
Liferay DXP≤ 2023.q3.1 ≤2023.q3.4enisa_euvdEU

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2024-0440Liferay Portal und Liferay DXP: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-02-20csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Liferay Portal und Liferay DXP ausnutzen, um einen Cross-Site Scripting Angriff zu starten, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen oder Dateien zu manipulieren.
GHSA-73x3-8mrg-5r93Liferay Portal Language Override edit screen and Liferay DXP vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting2024-02-21ghsa · osvUS
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Language Override edit screen in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.8 through 7.4.3.97, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3 before patch 5, and 7.4 update 4 through 92 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the `_com_liferay_portal_language_override_web_internal_portlet_PLOPortlet_key` parameter.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2024-02-21modified 2026-06-17

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references (4)

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