CVE-2022-42114
Published: 18 October 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-42114 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Liferay Dxp. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 42.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-45200
Vulnerability details
A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Role module's edit role assignees page in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.36, and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 37 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.