CVE-2022-42123

Path Traversal in Liferay Portal

7.5 HighFix available

A Zip slip vulnerability in the Elasticsearch Connector in Liferay Portal 7.3.3 through 7.4.3.18, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before update 6, and 7.4 before update 19 allows attackers to create or overwrite existing files on the filesystem via the installation of a malicious Elasticsearch Sidecar plugin.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: High
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.78%Down 0.1 points since Nov 15, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

Record: CVE-2022-42123
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List 7.5

Record: CVE-2022-42123
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2022-7363 7.5

Record: EUVD-2022-7363
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hffx-r282-w2g9 7.5

Path Traversal in Liferay Portal

Record: GHSA-hffx-r282-w2g9
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 7.5

Record: CVE-2022-42123
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVGHSA-hffx-r282-w2g9 7.5

Path Traversal in Liferay Portal

Record: GHSA-hffx-r282-w2g9
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVBIT-liferay-2022-42123 No score

Record: BIT-liferay-2022-42123
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom` Maven	7.3.3 up to 7.4.3.19	7.4.3.19
`liferay` Bitnami	7.3.0 to 7.3.0, 7.4.0 to 7.4.0	None known
`com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom` Maven	7.3.3 up to 7.4.3.19, plus listed versions 7.3.3-17.3.47.3.57.3.67.3.7 Show 20 moreShow less 7.4.07.4.17.4.1-17.4.27.4.2-17.4.3.107.4.3.117.4.3.127.4.3.137.4.3.147.4.3.157.4.3.167.4.3.177.4.3.187.4.3.47.4.3.57.4.3.67.4.3.77.4.3.87.4.3.9	7.4.3.19

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-42123 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Liferay Portal, published November 15, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.78%, the 56th percentile. Fixed in com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom 7.4.3.19.