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title: "CVE-2023-42629: Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Stored XSS in the Manage Vocabulary Page"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2023-42629/
description: "CVE-2023-42629 (com.liferay:com.liferay.asset.categories.admin.web (Maven)): Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the manage vocabulary page…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2023-10-17
date_modified: 2025-08-08
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2023-42629"
kev: false
cvss: 9
epss: 0.02784
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2023-42629: Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Stored XSS in the Manage Vocabulary Page

**Signal:** Critical, preconditions apply. Severe if exploited, but exploitation needs conditions that may not apply to you. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- No confirmed exploitation. It is not in CISA’s KEV catalog. That can change quickly after a public write-up; re-check if you are affected.
- EPSS 2.8% , percentile 86: FIRST’s model estimates a 2.8% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (elevated). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Needs an account (low (any account)). Exposure depends on who can log in.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes com.liferay:com.liferay.asset.categories.admin.web (Maven) < 5.0.87, fixed in 5.0.87 ; com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven) >= 7.4.0, < 7.4.13.u88, fixed in 7.4.13.u88 . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the manage vocabulary page in Liferay Portal 7.4.2 through 7.4.3.87, and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 88 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a Vocabulary's 'description' text field.

## Affected packages

- Maven `com.liferay:com.liferay.asset.categories.admin.web` < 5.0.87 → fixed: 5.0.87
- Maven `com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom` >= 7.4.0, < 7.4.13.u88 → fixed: 7.4.13.u88

## Affected products (CVE record)

- Liferay DXP: 7.4.13 <= 7.4.13.u87
- Liferay Portal: 7.4.2 <= 7.4.3.87

## Severity

- Liferay CVSS 3.1: 9 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`
- GitHub CVSS 3.1: 9.0 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 2.78% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 86.

## Sources

- [liferay.dev](https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2023-42629)
- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-g44j-f8wm-6622](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g44j-f8wm-6622)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2023-42629](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-42629)
- [NVD entry CVE-2023-42629](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42629)
- [pentagrid.ch](https://www.pentagrid.ch/en/blog/stored-cross-site-scripting-vulnerabilities-in-liferay-portal/)
- [github.com](https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/2e02110747dd5cccb978623545bfa1f3ad0a5602)

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