CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-42123

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.70%

49th percentile - higher than 49% of all known CVEs

Summary

A Zip slip vulnerability in the Elasticsearch Connector in Liferay Portal 7.3.3 through 7.4.3.18, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before update 6, and 7.4 before update 19 allows attackers to create or overwrite existing files on the filesystem via the installation of a malicious Elasticsearch Sidecar plugin.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can gain unauthorized access to the server's filesystem, potentially leading to data integrity compromise, malicious code execution, or privilege escalation.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately upgrade Liferay Portal to version 7.4.3.19 or later, and Liferay DXP to version 7.3 update 6 or 7.4 update 19, and avoid installing untrusted Elasticsearch Sidecar plugins.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A Zip slip vulnerability in the Elasticsearch Connector in Liferay Portal 7.3.3 through 7.4.3.18, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before update 6, and 7.4 before update 19 allows attackers to create or overwrite existing files on the filesystem via the installation of a malicious Elasticsearch Sidecar plugin.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS