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CVE-2023-40191

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-40191 is a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Liferay Portal versions 7.4.3.44 through 7.4.3.97 and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3 before patch 6, and 7.4 update 44 through 92. An attacker can inject malicious web script or HTML into the "Blocked Email Domains" text field within instance settings for Accounts. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to low impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.4.3.44, < 7.4.3.98CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:7.4:update44:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:7.4:update45:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:7.4:update46:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:7.4:update47:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.0CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.62%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
46.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0062 is in the 49th 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)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bomFixed in: 7.4.3.98
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomFixed in: 2023.Q3.6

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-468x-frcm-ghx6critical

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting

Feb 21, 2024

References

liferay.dev / portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2023-40191
Vendor Advisory