What is CVE-2022-42125?

CVE-2022-42125 is a high-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-11-15.

How severe is CVE-2022-42125?

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

Path Traversal in Liferay Digital Experience Platform

CVE-2022-42125

Zip slip vulnerability in FileUtil.unzip in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.5 through 7.4.3.35 and Liferay DXP 7.4 update 1 through update 34 allows attackers to create or overwrite existing files on the filesystem via the deployment of a malicious plugin/module.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.007 (49.5th 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:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Liferay Digital_experience_platform — versions 7.4
Liferay Liferay_portal
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-42125?: CVE-2022-42125 is a high-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-11-15.
How severe is CVE-2022-42125?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.