Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
Liferay's Knowledge Base web module (com.liferay.knowledge.base.web) is vulnerable to self cross-site scripting on the edit Knowledge Base article page in versions before 5.0.109. An attacker who can supply a crafted attachment filename can inject arbitrary script or HTML that runs in the browser of the user viewing that page. Upgrade to version 5.0.109 or later.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0 | Low | 4.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | CNA (Liferay) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0021, the 11th percentile, on 12 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:10 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:10 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-gccf-r9xp-x8jx
- OSV: GHSA-gccf-r9xp-x8jx
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62255
- github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/46dd9b77cc2514761828d9b483a1dfe5d6e6b76d
- github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
- liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-17842
- liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-62255