CVE-2022-28982 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to XSS via Tag Name

Medium 6.1 Published 21 Sep 2022 Updated 9 Jul 2026

Attackers can execute arbitrary web scripts via crafted tag names in Liferay Portal, potentially compromising user sessions.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2022-28982?

CVE-2022-28982 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Liferay Liferay Portal, published on 21 Sep 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Liferay Portal v7.3.3 through v7.4.2 and Liferay DXP v7.3 before service pack 3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the name of a tag.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-28982?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay:com.liferay.asset.taglib. It affects 2 products.

Package	Affected	Fixed in
`com.liferay:com.liferay.asset.taglib` Maven	All versions	`6.1.9`
`com.liferay:com.liferay.asset.taglib` Maven	All versions	`6.1.9`

Products include Liferay Dxp, Liferay Liferay Portal.

How do I fix CVE-2022-28982?

Upgrade com.liferay:com.liferay.asset.taglib to 6.1.9 or later.

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-2022-28982 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-28982 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Liferay Liferay Portal vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-wffm-j7m8-93g4.