CVE-2022-26595 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP fails to check permissions to view sites/groups
Authenticated users can view unauthorized sites and groups due to missing permission checks in the site membership UI.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-26595?
CVE-2022-26595 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 19 Apr 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Liferay Portal 7.3.7, 7.4.0, and 7.4.1, and Liferay DXP 7.2 fix pack 13, and 7.3 fix pack 2 does not properly check user permission when accessing a list of sites/groups, which allows remote authenticated users to view sites/groups via the user's site membership assignment UI.
Weakness: CWE-276
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-26595?
13 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom, liferay and com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.2.0 | 7.2.10.fp13 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.2.0 | 7.2.10.fp13 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.3.0 | 7.3.10.fp2 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.3.0 | 7.3.10.fp2 |
liferay Bitnami | From 7.2-fix.0 to 7.2-fix.0 | None |
com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl Maven | All versions | 7.7.9 |
7 more packages
com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl Maven | All versions | 7.7.9 |
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven | All versions | None |
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven | All versions | None |
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven | From 7.4.0 | 7.4.2-ga3 |
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven | From 7.4.0 | 7.4.2-ga3 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.site.browser.web Maven | All versions | 6.0.5 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.site.browser.web Maven | All versions | 6.0.5 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2022-26595?
Upgrade com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom to a fixed version for your release line: 7.2.10.fp13 or 7.3.10.fp2.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2022-26595 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-26595 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Liferay Digital Experience Platform
- CVE-2024-8980 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to CSRF in the Script Console
- CVE-2023-42496 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting
- CVE-2023-42498 Liferay Portal Language Override edit screen and Liferay DXP vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting
- CVE-2024-25147 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
- CVE-2024-26269 Liferay Portal Frontend JS module's portlet.js and Liferay DXP vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
Sources
Also known as BIT-liferay-2022-26595, GHSA-822f-jfpg-hg7h.