What is CVE-2022-42121?

CVE-2022-42121 is a high-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-11-15.

How severe is CVE-2022-42121?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Liferay Digital Experience Platform

CVE-2022-42121

A SQL injection vulnerability in the Layout module in Liferay Portal 7.1.3 through 7.4.3.4, and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 27, 7.2 before fix pack 17, 7.3 before service pack 3, and 7.4 GA allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a crafted payload injected into a page template's 'Name' field.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2022-11-15 · last modified 2026-07-09.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (62.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 62nd percentile — 62.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Liferay Digital Experience Platform — versions 7.1, 7.2
Liferay Dxp — versions 7.3, 7.4
Liferay Portal

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Vendor Advisory)
portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5m… (Vendor Advisory)
issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17414 (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-42121?: CVE-2022-42121 is a high-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-11-15.
How severe is CVE-2022-42121?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.