---
id: CVE-2022-26596
title: >-
  Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Journal module's web content
  display configuration page in Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.3.3, and Liferay
  DXP 7.0 before fix pack 94, 7.1 before fix pack 19, and 7.2 before fix pack 8,
  allows …
summary: >-
  Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Journal module's web content
  display configuration page in Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.3.3, and Liferay
  DXP 7.0 before fix pack 94, 7.1 before fix pack 19, and 7.2 before fix pack 8,
  allows …
severity: medium
cvss: 6.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-79
vendor: liferay
product: digital_experience_platform
affected:
  - digital_experience_platform = 7.0
  - digital_experience_platform = 7.1
  - digital_experience_platform = 7.2
  - 'liferay_portal >= 7.1.0, <= 7.3.3'
published: '2022-04-25'
updated: '2026-07-05'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26596'
references:
  - url: 'https://liferay.dev/w/cve-2022-26596-stored-xss-with-template-name'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'http://liferay.com'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00722
epssPercentile: 0.52541
ingestedAt: '2026-07-06T02:09:23.472Z'
---

## Overview

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Journal module's web content display configuration page in Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.3.3, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 94, 7.1 before fix pack 19, and 7.2 before fix pack 8, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via web content template names.

## Affected

- `digital_experience_platform = 7.0`
- `digital_experience_platform = 7.1`
- `digital_experience_platform = 7.2`
- `liferay_portal >= 7.1.0, <= 7.3.3`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.