SQL injection in Liferay Enterprise Portal - CVE-2022-42121
Published: October 19, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU68489
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-42121
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the Layout module's page template upgrade process within the "Name" field. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.
Affected software
Liferay Enterprise Portal
How to mitigate CVE-2022-42121
Install updates from vendor's website.
Liferay Enterprise Portal - update to 7.4.3.5 ga5