#VU68490 Path traversal in Liferay Enterprise Portal - CVE-2022-42123

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#VU68490 Path traversal in Liferay Enterprise Portal - CVE-2022-42123

Published: October 19, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU68490
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-42123
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Liferay Enterprise Portal
Software vendor:
Liferay

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


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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