GHSA-WFFM-J7M8-93G4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-09-23 00:00 – Updated: 2025-07-16 15:05
VLAI
Summary
Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to XSS via Tag Name
Details

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Liferay Asset Taglib before v6.1.9 from Liferay Portal (v7.3.3 through v7.4.2) and Liferay DXP v7.3 before service pack 3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the name of a tag.

Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "com.liferay:com.liferay.asset.taglib"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.1.9"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-28982"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-07-16T15:05:38Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-09-22T00:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Liferay Asset Taglib before v6.1.9 from Liferay Portal (v7.3.3 through v7.4.2) and Liferay DXP v7.3 before service pack 3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the name of a tag.",
  "id": "GHSA-wffm-j7m8-93g4",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T15:05:38Z",
  "published": "2022-09-23T00:00:46Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28982"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/ae71b53861313c6e1c5ac02e129239ea413e0488"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-17363"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2022-28982-reflected-xss-with-tag-name-in-liferay-asset-asset-tags-selector-?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121612466\u0026_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fliferay.dev%3A443%2Fportal%2Fsecurity%2Fknown-vulnerabilities%3Fp_p_id%3Dcom_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_r_p_assetEntryId%3D121612466%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20220922060111/https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-28982-reflected-xss-with-tag-name-in-%3Cliferay-asset-asset-tags-selector%3E"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://liferay.com"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to XSS via Tag Name"
}



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