CVE-2022-42120 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A SQL injection vulnerability in the Fragment module in Liferay Portal 7.3.3 through 7.4.3.16, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before update 4, and 7.4 before update 17 allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a PortletPreferences' `namespace` attribute.

Published: 2022-11-15

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:liferay:dxp:7.3:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:liferay:dxp:7.4:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal::::::::

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No remediation available yet.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-45206	Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to SQL Injection via the Fragment Module
Github GHSA	GHSA-r5fj-j449-vqw2	Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to SQL Injection via the Fragment Module

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00815.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
http://liferay.com
https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17513
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-42120

History

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Liferay Dxp Liferay Portal

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-11-15T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-09-05T17:26:32.738Z

Reserved: 2022-10-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-42120

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:03:45.509Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-15T01:15:12.733

Modified: 2025-09-05T18:15:36.127

Link: CVE-2022-42120

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-89

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