CVE-2022-42123 Path Traversal in Liferay Portal
Attackers can overwrite files via malicious plugin installation in Liferay Portal, potentially leading to code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-42123?
CVE-2022-42123 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, 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 Zip slip vulnerability in the Elasticsearch Connector in Liferay Portal 7.3.3 through 7.4.3.18, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before update 6, and 7.4 before update 19 allows attackers to create or overwrite existing files on the filesystem via the installation of a malicious Elasticsearch Sidecar plugin.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-42123?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom and liferay. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven | From 7.3.3 | 7.4.3.19 |
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven | From 7.3.3 | 7.4.3.19 |
liferay Bitnami | From 7.3.0 to 7.3.0 | None |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2022-42123?
Upgrade com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom to 7.4.3.19 or later.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2022-42123 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-42123 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-2022-42123, GHSA-hffx-r282-w2g9.