CVE-2022-42115 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Object module's edit object deta

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Object module's edit object details page in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.4 through 7.4.3.36 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the object field's `Label` text field.

01What is this vulnerability?

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Object module's edit object details page in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.4 through 7.4.3.36 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the object field's `Label` text field.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-10-18T21:15:16.330
• Last modified: 2026-07-09T01:17:46.823

09References

• portal.liferay.dev — https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publishe…
• portal.liferay.dev — https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publishe…