CVE-2022-42124 json
Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in Liferay Portal
published 3y ago modified 4mo ago also BIT-liferay-2022-42124 , EUVD-2022-7438 , GHSA-vjj4-qwcm-552h
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.4%
- EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 71%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
ReDoS vulnerability in LayoutPageTemplateEntryUpgradeProcess in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 through 7.4.3.4 and Liferay DXP 7.2 fix pack 9 through fix pack 18, 7.3 before update 4, and DXP 7.4 GA allows remote attackers to consume an excessive amount of server resources via a crafted payload injected into the 'name' field of a layout prototype.
Patch / fix
- maven com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom 7.4.3.5
- liferay liferay_portal 7.4.3.5
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- last yr.
Exploit prediction
1.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| OSV | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| maven | com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom | >=7.3.2, <7.4.3.5 |
7.4.3.5 |
| bitnami | liferay | >=7.3.0, <=7.3.0 >=7.4.0, <=7.4.0 >=7.2-fix.0, <=7.2-fix.0 |
no fix listed |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-1333 Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
References
-
portal.liferay.dev
/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-42124
web, vendor-advisory
-
issues.liferay.com
/browse/LPE-17435
web, vendor-advisory
-
issues.liferay.com
/browse/LPE-17535
web, vendor-advisory
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42124
advisory
-
liferay.com
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2022-42124
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-vjj4-qwcm-552h
- NVD CVE-2022-42124
- OSV BIT-liferay-2022-42124
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