CVE-2023-42498
Liferay Portal Language Override edit screen and Liferay DXP vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting
9.6
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.44%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2023-42498
To remediate CVE-2023-42498, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2023.Q3.5 or later
- —upgrade to 7.4.3.98 or later
Is CVE-2023-42498 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- >= 2023.Q3, < 2023.Q3.5
- >= 7.4.3.8, < 7.4.3.98
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |