{"id":"CVE-2020-7934","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-7934","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:20:24.126Z","title":"In LifeRay Portal CE 7.1.0 through 7.2.1 GA2, the First Name, Middle Name, and Last Name fields for user accounts in MyAccountPortlet are all vulnerable to a persistent XSS issue.","description":"In LifeRay Portal CE 7.1.0 through 7.2.1 GA2, the First Name, Middle Name, and Last Name fields for user accounts in MyAccountPortlet are all vulnerable to a persistent XSS issue. Any user can modify these fields with a particular XSS payload, and it will be stored in the database. The payload will then be rendered when a user utilizes the search feature to search for other users (i.e., if a user with modified fields occurs in the search results). This issue was fixed in Liferay Portal CE version 7.3.0 GA1.","published":"2020-01-28T14:15:15.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:25:39.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["liferay/liferay portal"],"epss":{"score":0.04457,"percentile":0.91364,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2020-11-23","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":49091,"kind":"exploit","title":"LifeRay 7.2.1 GA2 - Stored XSS","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49091","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/webapps/49091.txt","file":"exploits/multiple/webapps/49091.txt","published":"2020-11-23","added":"2020-11-23","updated":"2020-11-23","author":"3ndG4me","type":"webapps","platform":"multiple","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2020-7934"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 4.5%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160168/LifeRay-7.2.1-GA2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/3ndG4me/liferay-xss-7.2.1GA2-poc-report-CVE-2020-7934","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://semanticbits.com/liferay-portal-authenticated-xss-disclosure/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160168/LifeRay-7.2.1-GA2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/3ndG4me/liferay-xss-7.2.1GA2-poc-report-CVE-2020-7934","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://semanticbits.com/liferay-portal-authenticated-xss-disclosure/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7934","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}