What is CVE-2022-28981?

CVE-2022-28981 is a high-severity vulnerability in Liferay Portal, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-09-22.

How severe is CVE-2022-28981?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Liferay Portal

CVE-2022-28981

Path traversal vulnerability in the Hypermedia REST APIs module in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.2 allows remote attackers to access files outside of com.liferay.headless.discovery.web/META-INF/resources via the `parameter` parameter.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.011 (61.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Liferay Liferay_portal
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Product, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-28981?: CVE-2022-28981 is a high-severity vulnerability in Liferay Portal, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-09-22.
How severe is CVE-2022-28981?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.