CVE-2020-7934
Liferay Portal Vulnerable to Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in MyAccountPortlet
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.4
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-7934- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-7934- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-28863 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2020-28863- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f99h-h678-fgg4
5.4
Liferay Portal Vulnerable to Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in MyAccountPortlet
In LifeRay Portal CE 7.1.0 through 7.2.1, 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).
- Record
GHSA-f99h-h678-fgg4- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
5.4
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-7934- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-f99h-h678-fgg4
5.4
Liferay Portal Vulnerable to Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in MyAccountPortlet
In LifeRay Portal CE 7.1.0 through 7.2.1, 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).
- Record
GHSA-f99h-h678-fgg4- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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.portal:release.portal.bomMaven |
7.1.0 to 7.2.1 | 7.3.0 |
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bomMaven |
7.1.0 up to 7.3.0, plus listed versions 7.1.17.1.27.1.37.1.3-17.2.07.2.17.2.1-1 |
7.3.0 |
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | LifeRay 7.2.1 GA2 - Stored XSS | 2020-11-23 |
| PoC in GitHub | 3ndG4me/liferay-xss-7.2.1GA2-poc-report-CVE-2020-7934 | 2019-10-17 |
| PoC in GitHub | giardinas-dev/audit-xss-cve-2020-7934 | 2022-02-04 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-7934 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Liferay Portal, published January 28, 2020. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.49%, the 91st percentile. Fixed in com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom 7.3.0.
References
semanticbits.com/liferay-portal-authenticated-xss-disclosure
github.com/3ndG4me/liferay-xss-7.2.1GA2-poc-report-CVE-2020-7934
packetstormsecurity.com/files/160168/LifeRay-7.2.1-GA2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7934
web.archive.org/web/20200808034429/https://semanticbits.com/liferay-portal-authenticated-xss-disclosure
github.com/advisories/GHSA-f99h-h678-fgg4
github.com/liferay/liferay-portal