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CVE-2022-42120

CRITICAL

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

Published November 15, 2022Updated September 5, 2025Source: osv

Summary

A SQL injection vulnerability in the Fragment module before 4.0.33 from 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.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Maven
Update com.liferay:com.liferay.fragment.service to 4.0.33 or later
<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 4.0.33 for com.liferay:com.liferay.fragment.service -->
Maven
Update com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom to 7.3.10.u4 or later
<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 7.3.10.u4 for com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom -->
Maven
Update com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom to 7.4.13.u17 or later
<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 7.4.13.u17 for com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom -->

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (3)

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
com.liferay:com.liferay.fragment.service
maven
1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.10, 1.0.11 (+266 more)4.0.33
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom
maven
7.3.10, 7.3.10.ep3, 7.3.10.ep4, 7.3.10.ep5 (+2 more)7.3.10.u4
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom
maven
7.4.10.ep1, 7.4.11, 7.4.12, 7.4.13 (+12 more)7.4.13.u17

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.8 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2022-42120?
Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to SQL Injection via the Fragment Module This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.8/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2022-42120?
CVE-2022-42120 affects com.liferay:com.liferay.fragment.service and com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2022-42120 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
9.8

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-r5fj-j449-vqw2

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