CVE-2023-44310 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to XSS via the Page Tree Menu
Remote attackers can inject arbitrary web script via the Page Tree menu Name field, 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-2023-44310?
CVE-2023-44310 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
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Page Tree menu Liferay Portal 7.3.6 through 7.4.3.78, and Liferay DXP 7.3 fix pack 1 through update 23, and 7.4 before update 79 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into page's "Name" text field.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-44310?
7 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom, liferay and com.liferay:com.liferay.layout.impl. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.3.10.fp1 to 7.3.10.fp23 | None |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.3.10.fp1 to 7.3.10.fp23 | None |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.4.0 | 7.4.13.u79 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.4.0 | 7.4.13.u79 |
liferay Bitnami | From 7.4.0 to 7.4.0 | None |
com.liferay:com.liferay.layout.impl Maven | All versions | 6.0.102 |
1 more packages
com.liferay:com.liferay.layout.impl Maven | All versions | 6.0.102 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2023-44310?
Upgrade com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom to 7.4.13.u79 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-2023-44310 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-44310 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-2023-44310, GHSA-j5gv-w838-mmcx.