Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU86601

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Liferay Enterprise Portal and Liferay DXP - CVE-2022-45320

Published: February 20, 2024

Vulnerability identifier: #VU86601

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-45320

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions in Wiki. A remote user can become the owner of a wiki page by editing the wiki page.

Affected software

Liferay Enterprise Portal
Liferay DXP

How to mitigate CVE-2022-45320

Install updates from vendor's website.

Liferay Enterprise Portal - update to 7.4.3.16 ga16
Liferay DXP - addressed in versions 7.2 fix pack 19, 7.3 update 6, 7.4 update 16

External References

https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2022-45320

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