CVE-2023-42627 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to XSS in the Commerce Module
Remote attackers can inject arbitrary scripts into Liferay Commerce shipping and billing fields, 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-2023-42627?
CVE-2023-42627 is a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 17 Oct 2023. 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
Multiple stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Commerce module in Liferay Portal 7.3.5 through 7.4.3.91, and Liferay DXP 7.3 update 33 and earlier, and 7.4 before update 92 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a (1) Shipping Name, (2) Shipping Phone Number, (3) Shipping Address, (4) Shipping Address 2, (5) Shipping Address 3, (6) Shipping Zip, (7) Shipping City, (8) Shipping Region (9), Shipping Country, (10) Billing Name, (11) Billing Phone Number, (12) Billing Address, (13) Billing Address 2, (14) Billing Address 3, (15) Billing Zip, (16) Billing City, (17) Billing Region, (18) Billing Country, or (19) Region Code.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-42627?
7 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom, liferay and com.liferay.commerce:com.liferay.commerce.address.content.web. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.3.0 to 7.3.10.u33 | None |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.3.0 to 7.3.10.u33 | None |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.4.0 to 7.4.13.u92 | None |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.4.0 to 7.4.13.u92 | None |
liferay Bitnami | From 7.3.0 to 7.3.0 | None |
com.liferay.commerce:com.liferay.commerce.address.content.web Maven | All versions | 4.0.35 |
1 more packages
com.liferay.commerce:com.liferay.commerce.address.content.web Maven | All versions | 4.0.35 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2023-42627?
Apply the vendor's patch.
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-2023-42627 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-42627 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Liferay Digital Experience Platform
- CVE-2024-8980 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to CSRF in the Script Console
- CVE-2023-42496 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting
- CVE-2023-42498 Liferay Portal Language Override edit screen and Liferay DXP vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting
- CVE-2024-25147 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
- CVE-2024-26269 Liferay Portal Frontend JS module's portlet.js and Liferay DXP vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
Sources
Also known as BIT-liferay-2023-42627, GHSA-qp68-5v39-r869.