CVE-2022-42132 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Includes LDAP Credentials in the Page URL
Attackers can view LDAP credentials in page URLs during user pagination, exposing sensitive authentication data to man-in-the-middle attackers or log access.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-42132?
CVE-2022-42132 is a medium-severity 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
The Test LDAP Users functionality in Liferay Portal 7.0.0 through 7.4.3.4, and Liferay DXP 7.0 fix pack 102 and earlier, 7.1 before fix pack 27, 7.2 before fix pack 17, 7.3 before update 4, and DXP 7.4 GA includes the LDAP credential in the page URL when paginating through the list of users, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers or attackers with access to the request logs to see the LDAP credential.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-42132?
15 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom, liferay and com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | All versions | None |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | All versions | None |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.0.0 to 7.0.10.fp102 | None |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.0.0 to 7.0.10.fp102 | None |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.1.0 | 7.1.10.fp27 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.1.0 | 7.1.10.fp27 |
9 more packages
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.2.0 | 7.2.10.fp17 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.2.0 | 7.2.10.fp17 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.3.0 | 7.3.10.u4 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.3.0 | 7.3.10.u4 |
liferay Bitnami | From 7.0.0 to 7.0.0 | None |
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven | From 7.0.0 | 7.4.3.5-ga5 |
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven | From 7.0.0 | 7.4.3.5-ga5 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.settings.authentication.ldap.web Maven | All versions | 5.0.13 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.settings.authentication.ldap.web Maven | All versions | 5.0.13 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2022-42132?
Upgrade com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom to a fixed version for your release line: 7.1.10.fp27, 7.2.10.fp17 or 7.3.10.u4.
Is CVE-2022-42132 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-42132 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Liferay Digital Experience Platform
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- 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-2022-42132, GHSA-f43m-hhj4-q3jg.