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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2022-28978

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Site module's user membership administration page in Liferay Portal 7.0.1 through 7.4.1, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 102, 7.1 before fix pack 26, 7.2 before fix pack 15, and 7.3 before service pack 3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the a user's name.

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CVEs
CVE-2022-28978
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3 Nov 2026, 02:58 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2022-28978

core-osv · Original source

Published 21 Sept 2022, 23:38 UTC

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Site module's user membership administration page in Liferay Portal 7.0.1 through 7.4.1, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 102, 7.1 before fix pack 26, 7.2 before fix pack 15, and 7.3 before service pack 3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the a user's name.

osv:CVE-2022-28978
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-28978",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2022-28978",
    "summary": "Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Site module's user membership administration page in Liferay Portal 7.0.1 through 7.4.1, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 102, 7.1 before fix pack 26, 7.2 before fix pack 15, and 7.3 before service pack 3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the a user's name.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2022-28978",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2022-28978",
        "GHSA-7m65-hmvg-rxpc"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "16d03be248641f92824e33f48a0ff952dfe59703"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "75354f3482d7c5edb70f4cd72ed8664ce8079842"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "7.0.1"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "7.4.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-28978.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:25.294452017Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-28978-stored-xss-with-user-name-in-site-membership",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/28xxx/CVE-2022-28978.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28978"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2022-28978",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 492074,
  "published_at": "2022-09-21T23:38:59+00:00"
}