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CVE-2022-42112

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-42112 is a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability found in the Portal Search module's Sort widget within Liferay Portal versions 7.2.0 through 7.4.3.24, and Liferay DXP versions 7.2, 7.3, and 7.4 before specific updates. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) allows authenticated attackers to inject malicious web scripts or HTML through a crafted payload, potentially leading to client-side attacks like session hijacking or defacement. While it requires user interaction and local privileges, the attack complexity is low. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low immediate threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:7.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:7.2:fix_pack_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:7.2:fix_pack_10:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:7.2:fix_pack_11:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
38.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0048 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 15,239 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.search.webFixed in: 6.0.45
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomFixed in: 7.2.10.fp19
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomFixed in: 7.3.10.u5
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomFixed in: 7.4.13.u25

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-7f7g-vhff-mjqjmedium

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to XSS via the Portal Search Module

Oct 19, 2022

References

portal.liferay.dev / learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-42112
PatchVendor Advisory