Liferay search widget vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

Description

There is a Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Liferay Portal's Search widget . Versions 7.4.3.93 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts or HTML via the _com_liferay_portal_search_web_portlet_SearchPortlet_userId parameter.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
medium
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Published (advisory)
2025-09-17 00:31:12 UTC
Updated
2025-11-07 21:55:09 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2025-09-17 19:10:17 UTC
NVD published
2025-09-16

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.03% 9.33%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
5.1 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and stable.
Attack requirements (AT:N)
No additional preconditions are required beyond normal reachability.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No privileges are required.
User interaction (UI:A)
User interaction is required in an active way.
Vulnerable system confidentiality impact (VC:L)
Limited confidentiality impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system integrity impact (VI:L)
Limited integrity impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system availability impact (VA:N)
No availability impact on the vulnerable system.
Subsequent system confidentiality impact (SC:N)
No confidentiality impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system integrity impact (SI:N)
No integrity impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system availability impact (SA:N)
No availability impact on subsequent systems.

Identifiers

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
maven com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.search < 8.0.93 8.0.93

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence