CVE-2024-11993 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

Medium 4.6 Published 17 Dec 2024 Updated 28 Mar 2025

Remote attackers can execute arbitrary web script or HTML via the Dispatch name field in Liferay Portal and DXP.

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

What is CVE-2024-11993?

CVE-2024-11993 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 17 Dec 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.38, and Liferay DXP 7.4 GA through update 38 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script or HTML via Dispatch name field

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11993?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom and com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom. It affects 2 products.

Package	Affected	Fixed in
`com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom` Maven	From `7.1`	`7.4.13.u39`
`com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom` Maven	From `7.1`	`7.4.13.u39`
`com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom` Maven	From `7.1.0`	`7.4.3.39`
`com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom` Maven	From `7.1.0`	`7.4.3.39`

Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.

How do I fix CVE-2024-11993?

Upgrade com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom to 7.4.13.u39 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-2024-11993 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11993 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Liferay Digital Experience Platform vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4hxr-28mv-q729.