What is CVE-2022-42122?

CVE-2022-42122 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Liferay Dxp, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-11-15.

How severe is CVE-2022-42122?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Liferay Dxp

CVE-2022-42122

A SQL injection vulnerability in the Friendly Url module in Liferay Portal 7.3.7, and Liferay DXP 7.3 fix pack 2 through update 4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a crafted payload injected into the `title` field of a friendly URL.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (53.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 53.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.008 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Liferay Dxp — versions 7.3
Liferay Portal — versions 7.3.7

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-17520 (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-42122?: CVE-2022-42122 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Liferay Dxp, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-11-15.
How severe is CVE-2022-42122?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.