#VU86691 Stored cross-site scripting in Liferay Enterprise Portal and Liferay DXP - CVE-2024-25610

Vulnerability identifier: #VU86691

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-25610

CWE-ID: CWE-79

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Liferay Enterprise Portal
Web applications / CMS
Liferay DXP
Web applications / CMS

Vendor: Liferay

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the blog entry’s content text field. A remote user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Liferay Enterprise Portal: 7.0 CE GA5 - 7.0.6, 7.1 CE GA1 - 7.1.3, 7.2.0 - 7.2.1, 7.3 - 7.3.7 ga8, 7.4.0 ga1 - 7.4.3.12 ga12

Liferay DXP: 7.0 fix pack 83 - 7.4 update 8

---

External links
https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2024-25610

---

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.