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CVE-2023-42496

MEDIUM

CVE-2023-42496 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom. O3 Security confirms whether CVE-2023-42496 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting

Also known asGHSA-54pv-r62j-9qqc
Published
Feb 21, 2024
Updated
Jul 8, 2026
Affected
4 pkgs
Patched
3 / 4
Exploits
None indexed

Blast Radius

4 pkgs affected
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bomcom.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomcom.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomcom.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom

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Description

Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on the add assignees to a role page in Liferay Portal 7.3.3 through 7.4.3.97, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3 before patch 6, 7.4 GA through update 92, and 7.3 before update 34 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _com_liferay_roles_admin_web_portlet_RolesAdminPortlet_tabs2 parameter.

Affected Packages

4 total 3 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
Mavencom.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom7.3.3&&< 7.4.3.987.4.3.98
Mavencom.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom7.4.10.ep1No fix
Mavencom.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom7.3.10.ep3&&< 7.3.10.u347.3.10.u34
Mavencom.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom2023.Q3&&< 2023.Q3.62023.Q3.6

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.

  2. Fix

    Update com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom to 7.4.3.98 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2023-42496 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2023-42496 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Tailored to CVE-2023-42496. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on the add assignees to a role page in Liferay Portal 7.3.3 through 7.4.3.97, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3 before patch 6, 7.4 GA through update 92, and 7.3 before update 34 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _com_liferay_roles_admin_web_portlet_RolesAdminPortlet_tabs2 parameter.
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

Is CVE-2023-42496 in your dependencies?

O3 detects CVE-2023-42496 across Maven dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.