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title: "CVE-2023-47797: Liferay Portal XSS with `p_l_back_url_title` on edit content page"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2023-47797/
description: "CVE-2023-47797 (com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven)): Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on a content page’s edit page in Liferay…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2023-11-17
date_modified: 2024-08-29
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2023-47797"
kev: false
cvss: 9.6
epss: 0.0065
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
---

# CVE-2023-47797: Liferay Portal XSS with `p_l_back_url_title` on edit content page

**Signal:** Critical and remotely reachable. No known exploitation yet, but it is network-reachable without credentials. (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 and CISA’s SSVC assessment records no known exploitation. That can change quickly after a public write-up; re-check if you are affected.
- EPSS 0.7% , percentile 50: FIRST’s model estimates a 0.7% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 50% of all scored CVEs (moderate). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Needs a user to click or open something. Phishing makes that realistic, but it is not wormable.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven) >= 7.4.3.94, < 7.4.3.96, fixed in 7.4.3.96 . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on a content page’s edit page in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.94 through 7.4.3.95 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the plbackurltitle parameter.

## Affected packages

- Maven `com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom` >= 7.4.3.94, < 7.4.3.96 → fixed: 7.4.3.96

## Affected products (CVE record)

- Liferay Portal: 7.4.3.94 <= 7.4.3.95

## Severity

- Liferay CVSS 3.1: 9.6 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`
- GitHub CVSS 3.1: 9.6 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none , automatable no , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 0.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 50.

## Sources

- [liferay.dev](https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2023-47797)
- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-v32m-pf9q-p3xg](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v32m-pf9q-p3xg)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2023-47797](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-47797)
- [NVD entry CVE-2023-47797](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-47797)

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