Liferay Portal Vulnerable to XSS via a Knowledge Base Article Title

MEDIUM 6.1CVE-2017-12647 · GHSA-75x7-w445-5gwr · Published 07/08/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-12647 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.1) vulnerability affecting com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom, liferay portal (liferay).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.75%, higher than 54.9% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 7.0.3-ga4 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven	`< 7.0.3-ga4`	`7.0.3-ga4`
liferay portal liferay	`≤ 7.0`	No fix yet

XSS exists in Liferay Portal before 7.0 CE GA4 via a Knowledge Base article title.

NVD description

XSS exists in Liferay Portal before 7.0 CE GA4 via a Knowledge Base article title.

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