# CVE-2016-3670: Liferay Portal Vulnerable to XSS in Profile Search Functionality

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2016-3670-liferay-portal-vulnerable-to-xss-in-profile-search-functionality  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2022-05-17  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2016-3670 · Severity: low · CVSS 3 · Published 2022-05-17

Liferay Portal Vulnerable to XSS in Profile Search Functionality

Technologies: [com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.search.web (Maven)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/com-liferay-com-liferay-portal-search-web). Vendors: [Maven](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/maven).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2016-3670 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2016-3670 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2016-3670?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3, published 17 May 2022.

**Which products and versions are affected?** com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.search.web (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.0.3.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2016-3670?** Yes. com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.search.web (Maven): upgrade to 1.0.3 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2016-3670?** Check whether you run com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.search.web (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.search.web (Maven): upgrade to 1.0.3 or later

  ```sh
  # set com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.search.web to 1.0.3 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```


## Affected products

- com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.search.web (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.0.3

## Identifiers

- CVE-2016-3670
- GHSA-hq29-vqg6-pjpw

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