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CVE-2022-42121

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-42121 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability affecting Liferay Portal versions 7.1.3 through 7.4.3.4 and Liferay DXP versions before specific fix packs. This flaw allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands by injecting malicious payloads into a page template's 'Name' field. With a CVSS score of 8.8, it presents a high risk for confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring low privileges and no user interaction for exploitation. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.1.3, <= 7.4.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:7.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:7.1:fix_pack_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:7.1:fix_pack_10:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:7.1:fix_pack_11:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0096 is in the 54th percentile among its peer group of 17,844 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.liferay:com.liferay.layout.page.template.serviceFixed in: 4.0.17
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomFixed in: 7.1.10.fp27
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomFixed in: 7.2.10.fp17

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-gxxj-fhmr-37j9high

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to SQL Injection via the Layout Module

Nov 15, 2022

References

issues.liferay.com / browse/LPE-17414
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
portal.liferay.dev / learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-42121
Vendor Advisory