Advisory record · GHSA-w2g3-j73q-7qv7

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Reflected XSS via the Export for Translation Page

CVSS 9.6 CriticalCriticalEPSS 0.0057 · 47th percentile

Critical, because:

  • CVSS score 9.6: 9.0 or more.

How we decide what’s critical

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 17 Oct 2023, 09:30 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
com.liferay:com.liferay.translation.webMaven<2.0.862.0.86
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomMaven>=7.4.0, <7.4.13.u867.4.13.u86
Identifiers
GHSA-w2g3-j73q-7qv7 · BIT-liferay-2023-42497 · CVE-2023-42497
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Published
17 Oct 2023
Updated
8 Aug 2025

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Liferay Portal 7.4.3.4 through 7.4.3.85 and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 86 have a reflected cross-site scripting flaw on the Export for Translation page. A remote attacker can inject arbitrary web script or HTML through a request parameter. Upgrade com.liferay.translation.web to 2.0.86, or DXP to 7.4.13.u86.

Written 7 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
9.6 Critical 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CNA (Liferay)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0057, the 47th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 15:10 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 15:10 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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