# CVE-2014-8349: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via file comments in Liferay Portal, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Low 3.5 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Nov 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r9w4-4prc-83r9

## What is CVE-2014-8349?

CVE-2014-8349 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Liferay Liferay Portal, published on 24 Nov 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Liferay Portal Enterprise Edition (EE) 6.2 SP8 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _20_body parameter in the comment field in an uploaded file.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8349?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Liferay Liferay Portal.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-8349?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-8349 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-8349 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8349 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Liferay Liferay Portal

- [CVE-2020-7961](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7961/): Liferay Portal Deserialization of Untrusted Data (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-33990](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-33990/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-16891](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-16891/): Liferay Portal Allows RCE via Deserialization of a JSON Payload (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-47797](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47797/): Liferay Portal XSS with `p_l_back_url_title` on edit content page (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2020-13445](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-13445/): Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-8349 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-8349 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Liferay Liferay Portal, published on 24 Nov 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8349 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Liferay Liferay Portal. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-8349/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-8349/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8349
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8349
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-8349

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-8349/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.