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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2022-42112

A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Portal Search module's Sort widget in Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.4.3.24, and Liferay DXP 7.2 before fix pack 19, 7.3 before update 5, and DXP 7.4 before update 25 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload.

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CVE-2022-42112
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7 Nov 2026, 01:57 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2022-42112

core-osv · Original source

Published 18 Oct 2022, 00:00 UTC

A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Portal Search module's Sort widget in Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.4.3.24, and Liferay DXP 7.2 before fix pack 19, 7.3 before update 5, and DXP 7.4 before update 25 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload.

osv:CVE-2022-42112
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-42112",
  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Portal Search module's Sort widget in Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.4.3.24, and Liferay DXP 7.2 before fix pack 19, 7.3 before update 5, and DXP 7.4 before update 25 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload.",
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    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:48.803422494Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-42112",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/42xxx/CVE-2022-42112.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42112"
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
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  "published_at": "2022-10-18T00:00:00+00:00"
}