SB2022101937 - Path traversal in Liferay Enterprise Portal
Published: October 19, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022101937
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-42123)
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
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.