CVE-2022-26594

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Published Apr 15, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Liferay Portal 7.3.5 through 7.4.0, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before service pack 3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a form field's help text to (1) Forms module's form builder, or (2) App Builder module's object form view's form builder.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.4.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-31149	Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP allows arbitrary injection via form field
Github GHSA	GHSA-658f-xhv4-p978	Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP allows arbitrary injection via form field

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.728% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-26594-xss-vulnerability-with-form-field-help-text

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Liferay Liferay Portal

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Jul 9, 2026, 12:18 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Apr 15, 2022, 3:50 PM
Updated: Jul 9, 2026, 12:18 AM
Reserved: Mar 7, 2022, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jul 9, 2026, 1:17 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 15, 2022, 4:15 PM
Modified: Jul 9, 2026, 1:17 AM

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