Cross-site scripting in Liferay Portal
Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on a content page’s edit page in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.94 through 7.4.3.95 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the `p_l_back_url_title` parameter.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0065 51st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven): 7.4.3.96
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liferay | Portal | 7.4.3.94 – 7.4.3.95 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven) | 7.4.3.94 to before 7.4.3.96 | 7.4.3.96 | Patch available | GHSA-v32m-pf9q-p3xg |
- Portal VendorLiferay Affected 7.4.3.94 – 7.4.3.95 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven) Vendor— Affected 7.4.3.94 to before 7.4.3.96 Fixed in 7.4.3.96 Patch available GHSA-v32m-pf9q-p3xg
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-v32m-pf9q-p3xg com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven) Fixed in 7.4.3.96 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-47797
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v32m-pf9q-p3xg
- 2026-10-16 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More Liferay Portal vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-06440 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Liferay Portal prior to 7.2.1 CE GA2 allows remote… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-12596 Liferay Portal CE 6.2.5 allows remote command execution because of deserialization of a JSON payload. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-13252 Liferay Portal 6.2.5 allows Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=/ requests when… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-18349 A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Blog module - add new topic… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2022-18348 A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Document and Media module - file upload… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2022-20404 A SQL injection vulnerability in the Friendly Url module in Liferay Portal 7.3.7, and… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2023-47797 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-47797 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v32m-pf9q-p3xg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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