PT-2022-19341 · Liferay · Liferay Portal

Published 2022-09-22 · Updated 2022-09-23 · CVE-2022-28981

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Liferay Portal versions 7.4.0 through 7.4.2

Description A path traversal issue in the Hypermedia REST APIs module allows remote attackers to access files outside of the intended directory via the parameter parameter. This could potentially lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information.

Recommendations For Liferay Portal versions 7.4.0 through 7.4.2, consider restricting access to the Hypermedia REST APIs module until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the parameter parameter in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-28981

GHSA-5J86-VMPX-42PC

Affected Products

Liferay Portal

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28981 · Security Note
• https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-28981-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-hypermedia-rest-apis · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-28981 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-5j86-vmpx-42pc · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal · Note
• https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2022-28981-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-hypermedia-rest-apis?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121612450&_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fliferay.dev%3A443%2Fportal%2Fsecurity%2Fknown-vulnerabilities%3Fp_p_id%3Dcom_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_r_p_assetEntryId%3D121612450%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/50249 · Telegram Post
• https://web.archive.org/web/20220929232244/https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-28981-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-hypermedia-rest-apis · Note
• http://liferay.com · Note