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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2022-38902

A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Blog module - add new topic functionality in Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.3.10 SP3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary JS script or HTML into the name field of newly created topic.

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3 Nov 2026, 17:10 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2022-38902

core-osv · Original source

Published 13 Oct 2022, 00:00 UTC

A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Blog module - add new topic functionality in Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.3.10 SP3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary JS script or HTML into the name field of newly created topic.

osv:CVE-2022-38902
Complete source record
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        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38902",
        "https://www.offensity.com/en/blog/authenticated-persistent-xss-in-liferay-dxp-cms-cve-2022-38901-and-cve-2022-38902/"
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