CVE-2019-16147
Liferay Portal Vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via a Journal Article Title
Liferay Portal through 7.2.0 GA1 allows XSS via a journal article title to journal_article/page.jsp in journal/journal-taglib.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Liferay Portal through 7.2.0 GA1 allows XSS via a journal article title to journal_article/page.jsp in journal/journal-taglib.
- Record
CVE-2019-16147- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Liferay Portal through 7.2.0 GA1 allows XSS via a journal article title to journal_article/page.jsp in journal/journal-taglib.
- Record
CVE-2019-16147- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-6971 No score
Liferay Portal through 7.2.0 GA1 allows XSS via a journal article title to journal_article/page.jsp in journal/journal-taglib.
- Record
EUVD-2019-6971- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m2gx-7pvx-3gvg
Liferay Portal Vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via a Journal Article Title
Liferay Portal through 7.2.0 GA1 allows XSS via a journal article title to journal_article/page.jsp in journal/journal-taglib.
- Record
GHSA-m2gx-7pvx-3gvg- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Liferay Portal through 7.2.0 GA1 allows XSS via a journal article title to journal_article/page.jsp in journal/journal-taglib.
- Record
CVE-2019-16147- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-m2gx-7pvx-3gvg
Liferay Portal Vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via a Journal Article Title
Liferay Portal through 7.2.0 GA1 allows XSS via a journal article title to journal_article/page.jsp in journal/journal-taglib.
- Record
GHSA-m2gx-7pvx-3gvg- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay:com.liferay.journal.taglibMaven |
before 3.0.4 | 3.0.4 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.journal.taglibMaven |
before 3.0.4, plus listed versions 1.0.01.0.11.0.101.0.111.0.12 Show 33 moreShow less1.0.131.0.141.0.151.0.161.0.171.0.181.0.191.0.21.0.201.0.31.0.41.0.51.0.61.0.71.0.81.0.92.0.02.0.12.0.102.0.112.0.122.0.22.0.32.0.42.0.52.0.62.0.72.0.82.0.93.0.03.0.13.0.23.0.3 |
3.0.4 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-16147 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Liferay Portal, published September 9, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.78%, the 56th percentile. Fixed in com.liferay:com.liferay.journal.taglib 3.0.4.