CVE-2022-28978 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to XSS in the Site Module

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Remote attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML via user names in the Site module's membership administration page.

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

What is CVE-2022-28978?

CVE-2022-28978 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 21 Sep 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Site module's user membership administration page in Liferay Portal 7.0.1 through 7.4.1, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 102, 7.1 before fix pack 26, 7.2 before fix pack 15, and 7.3 before service pack 3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the a user's name.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-28978?

8 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom and com.liferay:com.liferay.site.memberships.web. It affects 3 products.

PackageAffectedFixed in
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom MavenFrom 7.0.07.0.10.fp102
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom MavenFrom 7.0.07.0.10.fp102
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom MavenFrom 7.1.07.1.10.fp26
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom MavenFrom 7.1.07.1.10.fp26
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom MavenFrom 7.2.07.2.10.fp15
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom MavenFrom 7.2.07.2.10.fp15
2 more packages
com.liferay:com.liferay.site.memberships.web MavenAll versions5.0.10
com.liferay:com.liferay.site.memberships.web MavenAll versions5.0.10

Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Dxp, Liferay Liferay Portal.

How do I fix CVE-2022-28978?

Upgrade com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom to a fixed version for your release line: 7.0.10.fp102, 7.1.10.fp26 or 7.2.10.fp15.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2022-28978 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-28978 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-7m65-hmvg-rxpc.

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