Path traversal in Liferay Enterprise Portal - CVE-2022-42125
Published: October 19, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU68493
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-42125
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Liferay Enterprise Portal
How to mitigate CVE-2022-42125
Install update from vendor's website.
Liferay Enterprise Portal - update to 7.4.3.36 ga36