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CVE-2017-12648

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-12648 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Liferay Portal versions prior to 7.0 CE GA4, specifically exploitable through a bookmark URL. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) has a low attack complexity and requires user interaction, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, organizations using affected Liferay Portal versions should apply the necessary patches.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:*:ga3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
51.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0075 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bomFixed in: 7.0.3-GA4
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.taglibFixed in: 2.1.3

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-cm99-x97g-9qx8medium

Liferay Portal XSS Vulnerability

May 17, 2022

References

dev.liferay.com / web/community-security-team/known-vulnerabilities/liferay-portal-70/-/asset_publisher/cjE0ourZXJZE/content/cst-7017-multiple-xss-vulnerabilities
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
github.com / brianchandotcom/liferay-portal/pull/47888
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory