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CVE-2022-42110:
Java vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability (CVE-2022-42110) was discovered in the Announcements module's Announcement and Alerts management page in Liferay Portal versions 7.1.0 through 7.4.2, and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 27, 7.2 before fix pack 17, and 7.3 before service pack 3. The vulnerability was disclosed on October 18, 2022 (Liferay Security).
Technical details
The vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _com_liferay_announcements_web_portlet_AnnouncementsAdminPortlet_type parameter. The severity of this vulnerability is rated at 5.4 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N) (Liferay Security).
Impact
The vulnerability enables remote attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or inject HTML code into the application, potentially leading to unauthorized access to user data and manipulation of web content (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in Liferay Portal version 7.4.3.4. For Liferay Portal versions 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3, there are no direct fixes available, and users are recommended to upgrade to Liferay Portal 7.4 (Liferay Security).
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Source: This report was generated using AI
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