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CVE-2022-42132

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% 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-200

Description

The Test LDAP Users functionality in Liferay Portal 7.0.0 through 7.4.3.4, and Liferay DXP 7.0 fix pack 102 and earlier, 7.1 before fix pack 27, 7.2 before fix pack 17, 7.3 before update 4, and DXP 7.4 GA includes the LDAP credential in the page URL when paginating through the list of users, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers or attackers with access to the request logs to see the LDAP credential.

Affected products

• Liferay Digital Experience Platform: 7.0, 7.0-fix_pack_1, 7.0-fix_pack_10, 7.0-fix_pack_100, 7.0-fix_pack_11, 7.0-fix_pack_12 (+144)
• Liferay Portal: from 7.0.0 before 7.4.3.5 — fixed in 7.4.3.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Liferay Portal 7.4.3.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17438
• https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-42132
• https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17438
• https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-42132

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