Path traversal in Liferay Enterprise Portal



Published: 2022-10-19
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-42123
CWE-ID CWE-22
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Subscribe 		Liferay Enterprise Portal
Web applications / CMS

Vendor Liferay

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Path traversal

EUVDB-ID: #VU68490

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-42123

CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in the Elasticsearch Connector. A remote attacker can create or overwrite existing files on the filesystem via the installation of a malicious Elasticsearch Sidecar plugin

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Liferay Enterprise Portal: 7.3.3 ga4 - 7.4.3.18 ga18

CPE2.3 External links

http://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/125297941


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?



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