CVE-2023-44309 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to XSS in the Fragment Components

Critical 9.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted payloads in linked source assets, potentially leading to session hijacking or malicious actions.

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-2023-44309?

CVE-2023-44309 is a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 17 Oct 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Multiple stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the fragment components in Liferay Portal 7.4.2 through 7.4.3.53, and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 54 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into any non-HTML field of a linked source asset.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-44309?

5 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom, liferay and com.liferay:com.liferay.fragment.entry.processor.impl. It affects 2 products.

PackageAffectedFixed in
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom MavenFrom 7.4.07.4.13.u54
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom MavenFrom 7.4.07.4.13.u54
liferay BitnamiFrom 7.4.0 to 7.4.0None
com.liferay:com.liferay.fragment.entry.processor.impl MavenAll versions3.0.25
com.liferay:com.liferay.fragment.entry.processor.impl MavenAll versions3.0.25

Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.

How do I fix CVE-2023-44309?

Upgrade com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom to 7.4.13.u54 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-2023-44309 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-44309 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Liferay Digital Experience Platform vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as BIT-liferay-2023-44309, GHSA-j663-6jpj-xx8c.

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