TI-2008-00164 Aliases CVE-2008-0179 GHSA-rwq6-722f-xx8m

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in service/impl/UserLocalServiceImpl.java in…

LOW 16CWE-79Published 2008-02-04 · Updated 2024-09-17

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: High
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · Partial · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in service/impl/UserLocalServiceImpl.java in Liferay Portal 4.3.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the User-Agent HTTP header, which is used when composing Forgot Password e-mail messages in HTML format.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01212 68th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_enterprise_portal:4.3.6:::::::*	4.3.6	Vulnerable	Liferay

cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_enterprise_portal:4.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3.6 Vulnerable ·Liferay

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-0179
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rwq6-722f-xx8m

References

Advisory 1

VU#888209

Other 1

http://support.liferay.com/browse/LEP-4737

TI-2009-01229 Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in web/guest/home in the Liferay… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
TI-2008-00163 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Enterprise Admin Session Monitoring… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
TI-2007-05888 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in c/portal/login in Liferay Enterprise Portal… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
TI-2004-01903 Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in index.jsp for Liferay before 2.2.0… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
TI-2008-00166 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Admin portlet in Liferay Portal 4.3.6… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
TI-2008-00165 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in themes/_unstyled/templates/init.vm in Liferay… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3

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Sources

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