Liferay Portal's Membership page is vulnerable to XSS through “name“ text field
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on the Membership page in Account Settings in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.21 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.5, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.8, and 7.4 update 21 through update 92 allows remote authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a Account's “Name“ text field.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | com.liferay:com.liferay.account.admin.web | >= 2.0.40, < 2.0.114 | 2.0.114 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62238
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/89a043bface29bf924e25d1c2c3b05f85d750a75
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
- https://liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-17920
- https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-62238
- CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79- Platform
- Java / Kotlin (Maven)
- Package
com.liferay:com.liferay.account.admin.web- Disclosed
- 10.10.2025
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 12:22
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-xw6m-3m5q-mxpm - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: com.liferay:com.liferay.account.admin.web
All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.
- Total entries
- 3
- First → latest
- 08.2025 10.2025
- Without a fix
- 0
- Exploited in attacks
- 0
Severity breakdown
- Medium 3
Disclosures per year
- 2025: 3
- 2026: 0
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