CVE-2022-42120 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to SQL Injection via the Fragment Module

What is CVE-2022-42120?

CVE-2022-42120 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in Liferay Liferay Portal, published on 15 Nov 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A SQL injection vulnerability in the Fragment module in Liferay Portal 7.3.3 through 7.4.3.16, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before update 4, and 7.4 before update 17 allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a PortletPreferences' `namespace` attribute.

Weakness: CWE-89

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-42120?

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

Products include Liferay Dxp, Liferay Liferay Portal.

How do I fix CVE-2022-42120?

Upgrade com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom to a fixed version for your release line: 7.3.10.u4 or 7.4.13.u17.

Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.

Is CVE-2022-42120 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-42120 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Liferay Liferay Portal

• 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
• CVE-2021-29047 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Fails to Invalidate CAPTCHA Answers After Use High 7.5

All Liferay Liferay Portal vulnerabilities

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-r5fj-j449-vqw2.