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CVE-2017-12649

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-12649 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Liferay Portal versions prior to 7.0 CE GA4, where specially crafted titles or summaries within the Web Content Display can lead to script execution. With a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and can result in low impact to confidentiality and integrity (C:L/I:L) if exploited. Despite its age, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

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 (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bomFixed in: 7.0.3-ga4

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-6q67-5wvc-rmw9medium

Liferay Portal Vulnerable to XSS via Mishandled Title or Summary in the Web Content Display

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/47579
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory