Vulnerability · Published Nov 15, 2022 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2022-42124

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity regular-expression denial of service in the com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom package (Maven). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.4% (higher than 72% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.4%top 28.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Mavencom.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom7.4.3.5GHSA-vjj4-qwcm-552h

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

Weakness: CWE-1333 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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