CVE-2023-42629

mediumpriority · track · 23EPSS 0.028 · 86 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

2.78% (86th) EPSS

CVSS 5.4 · medium

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24 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the manage vocabulary page in Liferay Portal 7.4.2 through 7.4.3.87, and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 88 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a Vocabulary's 'description' text field.

cvss

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

9.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 5–9

v3.15.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.3 · impact 2.7

v3.19criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.19criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security@liferay.comexploitability 2.3 · impact 6

v3.19criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.15mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-79USprimaryCWE-79US

affected products (24)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Liferay DXP≤ 7.4.13 ≤7.4.13.u87enisa_euvdEU
Liferay Portal≤ 7.4.2 ≤7.4.3.87enisa_euvdEU
liferay digital experience platform= 7.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
liferay liferay portal7.4.2 → 7.4.3.88nvdUScpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami liferay= 7.4-update1.0osvUSpkg:bitnami/liferay
Bitnami liferay= 7.4-update21.0osvUSpkg:bitnami/liferay
Bitnami liferay= 7.4-update34.0osvUSpkg:bitnami/liferay
Bitnami liferay= 7.4-update36.0osvUSpkg:bitnami/liferay
Bitnami liferay= 7.4-update41.0osvUSpkg:bitnami/liferay
Bitnami liferay= 7.4-update48.0osvUSpkg:bitnami/liferay
Bitnami liferay= 7.4-update50.0osvUSpkg:bitnami/liferay
Bitnami liferay= 7.4-update52.0osvUSpkg:bitnami/liferay
Bitnami liferay= 7.4-update62.0osvUSpkg:bitnami/liferay
Bitnami liferay= 7.4-update67.0osvUSpkg:bitnami/liferay
Bitnami liferay= 7.4-update76.0osvUSpkg:bitnami/liferay
Bitnami liferay= 7.4-update81.0osvUSpkg:bitnami/liferay
Bitnami liferay= 7.4-update82.0osvUSpkg:bitnami/liferay
Bitnami liferay= 7.4-update83.0osvUSpkg:bitnami/liferay
Bitnami liferay= 7.4-update84.0osvUSpkg:bitnami/liferay
Bitnami liferay= 7.4-update85.0osvUSpkg:bitnami/liferay

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advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2670Liferay Liferay Portal: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Cross-Site ScriptingDeutsch2023-10-16csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Liferay Liferay Portal und Liferay Liferay DXP ausnutzen, um einen Cross-Site Scripting Angriff durchzuführen.
GHSA-g44j-f8wm-6622Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Stored XSS in the Manage Vocabulary Page2023-10-17ghsa · osvUS
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the manage vocabulary page in the Asset Categories Admin Web module before 5.0.87 from Liferay Portal (7.4.2 through 7.4.3.87), and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 88 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a Vocabulary's 'description' text field.
BIT-liferay-2023-426292024-01-31vendor · osvUS
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the manage vocabulary page in Liferay Portal 7.4.2 through 7.4.3.87, and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 88 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a Vocabulary's 'description' text field.

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd osv nvd cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-10-17modified 2026-06-17

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