# CVE-2022-39975: Liferay Portal Missing Authorization vulnerability

> Attackers can view unpublished Content Pages in Liferay Portal by manipulating URLs due to missing permission checks in the Layout module.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 21 Sep 2022
- **Updated:** 9 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-83qx-288m-72w4

## 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35 does not check user permission before showing the preview of a "Content Page" type page, allowing attackers to view unpublished "Content Page" pages via URL manipulation.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 (Missing Authorization)

## 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.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom` | Maven | From 7.3.3 | 7.4.3.35 |
| `com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom` | Maven | From 7.3.3 | 7.4.3.35 |

Products: 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.

## 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-42120/): Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to SQL Injection via the Fragment Module (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-42122](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-42122/): Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to SQL Injection via Friendly URL Module (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-35030](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35030/): Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to CSRF via the Layout Module (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-29053](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29053/): Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Multiple SQL Injections (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-33321](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-33321/): Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP insecure default configuration (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-39975 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven): affected from 7.3.3; fixed in 7.4.3.35
- com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven): affected from 7.3.3; fixed in 7.4.3.35

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39975/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39975/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-39975
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39975
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-39975

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39975/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.