SQL Injection Vulnerability in Liferay Portal and DXP
CVE-2022-42120

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

Liferay
Status
Dxp
Liferay Portal
Vendor
CVE Published:
15 November 2022

What is CVE-2022-42120?

The vulnerability in the Fragment module of Liferay Portal allows attackers to exploit a flaw through the 'namespace' attribute of PortletPreferences. By manipulating this attribute, attackers can execute arbitrary SQL commands, posing severe risks to data integrity and confidentiality. Affected versions include Liferay Portal 7.3.3 to 7.4.3.16 and Liferay DXP 7.3 prior to update 4 and 7.4 prior to update 17.

References

http://liferay.com
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabi...
https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17513

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2022-42120 : SQL Injection Vulnerability in Liferay Portal and DXP