CVE-2022-28977
MediumCVSS 6.1Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk36th percentile - higher than 36% of all known CVEs
Summary
The HtmlUtil.escapeRedirect function in Liferay Portal 7.3.1 through 7.4.2 and Liferay DXP 7.0-7.3 can be bypassed using multiple forward slashes, allowing remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary external URLs via parameters such as 'redirect' or 'FORWARD_URL'.
Risk Assessment
The risk involves potential phishing or social engineering attacks where users may be redirected to malicious sites, leading to credential theft or malware infection.
Recommendation
Immediately upgrade Liferay Portal to version 7.4.3 or later, and for Liferay DXP apply the relevant service packs or security patches as recommended by the vendor.
Other vulnerabilities in Liferay Portal
See all- CVE-2010-5327High
Liferay Portal through 6.2.10 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary shell commands via a crafted Velocity template.
- CVE-2022-42122Critical
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.
- CVE-2022-42120Critical
A SQL injection vulnerability in the Fragment module in Liferay Portal 7.3.3 through 7.4.3.16, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before update 4, and 7.4 before update 17 allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a PortletPreferences' `namespace` attribute.
- CVE-2020-7961CriticalActively exploited
Deserialization of untrusted data in Liferay Portal prior to 7.2.1 CE GA2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via JSON web services (JSONWS).
- CVE-2022-42132Medium
In Liferay Portal and DXP, the Test LDAP Users functionality exposes LDAP credentials in the page URL when paginating through the user list. Man-in-the-middle attackers or those with access to request logs can capture these credentials.
- CVE-2022-42131Medium
Liferay products are missing SSL certificate validation in the Dynamic Data Mapping module's REST data providers. This affects Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.4.2 and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 27, 7.2 before fix pack 17, and 7.3 before service pack 3.
- CVE-2022-42130Medium
The Dynamic Data Mapping module in Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.4.3.4, and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 27, 7.2 before fix pack 19, 7.3 before update 4, and 7.4 GA does not properly check permission of form entries, which allows remote authenticated users to view and access all form entries.
- CVE-2022-42129Medium
An IDOR vulnerability in the Dynamic Data Mapping module in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 through 7.4.3.4, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before update 4, and 7.4 GA allows remote authenticated users to view and access form entries via the `formInstanceRecordId` parameter.
- CVE-2022-42128Medium
The Hypermedia REST APIs module in Liferay Portal 7.4.1 through 7.4.3.4 and Liferay DXP 7.4 GA does not properly check permissions, allowing remote attackers to obtain a WikiNode object via the WikiNodeResource.getSiteWikiNodeByExternalReferenceCode API.
- CVE-2022-42127Medium
The Friendly Url module in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.5 through 7.4.3.36 and Liferay DXP 7.4 update 1 through 36 does not properly check user permissions, allowing remote attackers to obtain the history of all friendly URLs assigned to a page.
Original NVD description (English source)
HtmlUtil.escapeRedirect in Liferay Portal 7.3.1 through 7.4.2, and Liferay DXP 7.0 fix pack 91 through 101, 7.1 fix pack 17 through 25, 7.2 fix pack 5 through 14, and 7.3 before service pack 3 can be circumvented by using multiple forward slashes, which allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary external URLs via the (1) 'redirect` parameter (2) `FORWARD_URL` parameter, and (3) others parameters that rely on HtmlUtil.escapeRedirect.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS

