CVE-2022-42116
Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to XSS in the CKEditor Integration with the Frontend Editor Module
6.1
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.20%
Description
A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Frontend Editor module's integration with CKEditor in Liferay Frontend Editor CKEditor Web before 5.0.46 from Liferay Portal (7.3.2 through 7.4.3.14), and Liferay DXP 7.3 before update 6, and 7.4 before update 15 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) name, or (2) namespace parameter.
How to fix CVE-2022-42116
To remediate CVE-2022-42116, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 5.0.46 or later
- —upgrade to 7.3.10.u6 or later
Is CVE-2022-42116 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 5.0.46
- >= 7.3.0, < 7.3.10.u6
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |