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Moderate severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 13, 2025· Updated Oct 14, 2025

CVE-2025-62246

CVE-2025-62246

Description

Multiple stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.111, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.5, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.8, 7.4 GA through update 92, and older unsupported versions allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a user’s first, middle or last name text field to (1) page comments widget, (2) blog entry comments, (3) document and media document comments, (4) message board messages, (5) wiki page comments or (6) other widgets/apps that supports mentions.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
com.liferay:com.liferay.mentions.webMaven
< 6.0.356.0.35

Affected products

2

Patches

1
4218ecd902db

LPD-16323 Escape template values

https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portalAdolfo Pérez ÁlvarezFeb 6, 2024via ghsa
commit
1 file changed · +6 −5
  • modules/apps/mentions/mentions-web/src/main/java/com/liferay/mentions/web/internal/portlet/MentionsPortlet.java+6 −5 modified
    @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.ServletResponseUtil;
 import com.liferay.portal.kernel.theme.ThemeDisplay;
 import com.liferay.portal.kernel.util.ContentTypes;
+import com.liferay.portal.kernel.util.HtmlUtil;
 import com.liferay.portal.kernel.util.ParamUtil;
 import com.liferay.portal.kernel.util.Portal;
 import com.liferay.portal.kernel.util.Validator;
@@ -134,27 +135,27 @@ private JSONArray _getJSONArray(
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			String mention = "@" + user.getScreenName();
+			String mention = "@" + HtmlUtil.escape(user.getScreenName());
 
 			String profileURL = user.getDisplayURL(themeDisplay);
 
 			if (Validator.isNotNull(profileURL)) {
 				mention = StringBundler.concat(
-					"<a href=\"", profileURL, "\">@", user.getScreenName(),
-					"</a>");
+					"<a href=\"", profileURL, "\">@",
+					HtmlUtil.escape(user.getScreenName()), "</a>");
 			}
 
 			jsonArray.put(
 				JSONUtil.put(
-					"fullName", user.getFullName()
+					"fullName", HtmlUtil.escape(user.getFullName())
 				).put(
 					"mention", mention
 				).put(
 					"portraitHTML",
 					UserPortraitTag.getUserPortraitHTML(
 						StringPool.BLANK, user, themeDisplay)
 				).put(
-					"screenName", user.getScreenName()
+					"screenName", HtmlUtil.escape(user.getScreenName())
 				));
 		}

Vulnerability mechanics

Generated by null/stub on May 9, 2026. Inputs: CWE entries + fix-commit diffs from this CVE's patches. Citations validated against bundle.

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