CVE-2024-25145: Liferay Portal stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Should you act?

Critical and remotely reachable

No known exploitation yet, but it is network-reachable without credentials. This signal is computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS data; it is not an editorial verdict.

• 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 0.6%, percentile 46: FIRST’s model estimates a 0.6% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (low). 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) < 7.4.3.12, fixed in 7.4.3.12; com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven) >= 7.4.0, < 7.4.3.13u8, fixed in 7.4.3.13u8; com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven) >= 7.3.0, < 7.3.10.u4, fixed in 7.3.10.u4; com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven) < 7.2.10.fp17, fixed in 7.2.10.fp17. Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

What it is

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Portal Search module's Search Result app in Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.4.3.11, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 8, 7.3 before update 4, 7.2 before fix pack 17, and older unsupported versions allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into the Search Result app's search result if highlighting is disabled by adding any searchable content (e.g., blog, message board message, web content article) to the application.

From the GitHub advisory

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Portal Search module's Search Result app in Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.4.3.11, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 8, 7.3 before update 4, 7.2 before fix pack 17, and older unsupported versions allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into the Search Result app's search result if highlighting is disabled by adding any searchable content (e.g., blog, message board message, web content article) to the application.

Weakness type: CWE-79.

Product: com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven) · Assigned by: Liferay · Published: 2024-02-07

Affected and fixed versions

Severity scores

• Attack vector: network (remotely reachable)
• Attack complexity: low
• Privileges required: none (no login)
• User interaction: required (a user must click/open something)
• Scope: changed (can affect other components)

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Exploitation and urgency

• 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): 0.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 46.

Timeline

• 2024-02-07 — CVE record published by Liferay
• 2024-02-07 — GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-9vgq-w5pv-v77q published (critical)
• 2024-08-22 — CVE record last updated

Sources and references

Original sources first. Version and fix details should always be confirmed against the vendor or project advisory.

Vendor and project advisories, patches

1. liferay.dev liferay.dev

Vulnerability records

1. GitHub Advisory GHSA-9vgq-w5pv-v77q github.com
2. CVE.org record CVE-2024-25145 cve.org
3. NVD entry CVE-2024-25145 nvd.nist.gov

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