CVE-2022-28979: Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to XSS in the Portal Search Module

CVE-2022-28979 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2022-09-23

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to XSS in the Portal Search Module

Technologies: com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.search.web (Maven), com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven). Vendors: Maven.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2022-28979 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2022-28979 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2022-28979?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 23 September 2022.
Which products and versions are affected?
com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.search.web (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=6.0.19; com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=7.1.0.
Is there a fix for CVE-2022-28979?
Yes. com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.search.web (Maven): upgrade to 6.0.19 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2022-28979?
Check whether you run com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.search.web (Maven) or com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (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 6.0.19 or later
    # set com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.search.web to 6.0.19 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Affected products

  • com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.search.web (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=6.0.19
  • com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=7.1.0

Identifiers

  • CVE-2022-28979
  • GHSA-7r3w-wggm-pjwf

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