CVE-2022-39975 Liferay Portal Missing Authorization vulnerability

What is CVE-2022-39975?

CVE-2022-39975 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Liferay Liferay Portal, published on 21 Sep 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Layout module in Liferay Portal v7.3.3 through v7.4.3.34, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before update 10, and 7.4 before update 35 does not check user permission before showing the preview of a "Content Page" type page, allowing attackers to view unpublished "Content Page" pages via URL manipulation.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-39975?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom. It affects 2 products.

Products include Liferay Dxp, Liferay Liferay Portal.

How do I fix CVE-2022-39975?

Upgrade com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom to 7.4.3.35 or later.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2022-39975 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-39975 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Liferay Liferay Portal

• CVE-2022-42120 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to SQL Injection via the Fragment Module Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-42122 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to SQL Injection via Friendly URL Module Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-35030 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to CSRF via the Layout Module High 8.8
• CVE-2021-29053 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Multiple SQL Injections High 8.8
• CVE-2021-33321 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP insecure default configuration High 7.5

All Liferay Liferay Portal vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-83qx-288m-72w4.