Path traversal in Liferay Enterprise Portal - CVE-2022-42125

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Path traversal in Liferay Enterprise Portal - CVE-2022-42125

Published: October 19, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU68493
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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-2022-42125
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Liferay
Affected software:
Liferay Enterprise Portal

Detailed vulnerability 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 FileUtil.unzip. A remote attacker can create or overwrite existing files on the filesystem via the deployment of a malicious plugin/module.


How to mitigate CVE-2022-42125

Install update from vendor's website.

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