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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2023-33942

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Web Content Display widget's article selector in Liferay Liferay Portal 7.4.3.50, and Liferay DXP 7.4 update 50 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a web content article's `Title` field.

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CVE-2023-33942
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1 Nov 2026, 05:33 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2023-33942

core-osv · Original source

Published 24 May 2023, 15:15 UTC

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Web Content Display widget's article selector in Liferay Liferay Portal 7.4.3.50, and Liferay DXP 7.4 update 50 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a web content article's `Title` field.

osv:CVE-2023-33942
Complete source record
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