CVE-2022-42120

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-11-15 · updated 2026-07-09
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

A SQL injection vulnerability in the Fragment module in 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.

Affected products

Liferay DXP: 7.3, 7.4
Liferay Portal: from 7.3.3 through 7.4.3.16

References

https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17513
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-42120
https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17513
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-42120

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