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High severity · published Nov 15, 2022
CVE-2022-42124
ReDoS vulnerability in LayoutPageTemplateEntryUpgradeProcess in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 through 7.4.3.4 and Liferay DXP 7.2 fix pack 9 through fix pack 18, 7.3 before update 4, and…
7.5
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
ReDoS vulnerability in LayoutPageTemplateEntryUpgradeProcess in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 through 7.4.3.4 and Liferay DXP 7.2 fix pack 9 through fix pack 18, 7.3 before update 4, and DXP 7.4 GA allows remote attackers to consume an excessive amount of server resources via a crafted payload injected into the 'name' field of a layout prototype.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 71% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DE
Digital Experience Platform · Liferay
7.2; 7.2; 7.2; 7.2; 7.2; 7.2; +4 more · source: NVD
LP
Liferay Portal · Liferay
7.3.2 before 7.4.3.5 · source: NVD
Affected product
DE
Digital Experience Platform
Liferay
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42124
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-42124
Vendor Advisory
https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17435
Vendor Advisory
https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17535
Vendor Advisory
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-42124
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