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TI-2022-20402 Aliases CVE-2022-42120GHSA-r5fj-j449-vqw2

A SQL injection vulnerability in the Fragment module in Liferay Portal 7.3.3 through…

Priority MEDIUM 50CWE-89Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
SQL injection
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-89.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00799 56th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed com.liferay:com.liferay.fragment.service (Maven): 4.0.33com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven): 7.3.10.u4, 7.4.13.u17

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—com.liferay:com.liferay.fragment.service (Maven)before 4.0.334.0.33Patch availableGHSA-r5fj-j449-vqw2
—com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven)7.3.0 to before 7.3.10.u47.3.10.u4Patch availableGHSA-r5fj-j449-vqw2
—com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven)7.4.0 to before 7.4.13.u177.4.13.u17Patch availableGHSA-r5fj-j449-vqw2
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • com.liferay:com.liferay.fragment.service (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 4.0.33 Fixed in 4.0.33 Patch available GHSA-r5fj-j449-vqw2
  • com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven) Vendor— Affected 7.3.0 to before 7.3.10.u4 Fixed in 7.3.10.u4 Patch available GHSA-r5fj-j449-vqw2
  • com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven) Vendor— Affected 7.4.0 to before 7.4.13.u17 Fixed in 7.4.13.u17 Patch available GHSA-r5fj-j449-vqw2

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:dxp:7.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*7.3VulnerableLiferay
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:dxp:7.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*7.4VulnerableLiferay
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.3.3 – 7.4.3.16VulnerableLiferay
  • cpe:2.3:a:liferay:dxp:7.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.3 Vulnerable ·Liferay
  • cpe:2.3:a:liferay:dxp:7.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.4 Vulnerable ·Liferay
  • cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.3.3 – 7.4.3.16 Vulnerable ·Liferay

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-r5fj-j449-vqw2 com.liferay:com.liferay.fragment.service (Maven) Fixed in 4.0.33 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-r5fj-j449-vqw2 com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven) Fixed in 7.3.10.u4 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-r5fj-j449-vqw2 com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven) Fixed in 7.4.13.u17 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-42120
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r5fj-j449-vqw2

References

Advisory 3

Other 4

  • TI-2022-18349 A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Blog module - add new topic… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
  • TI-2022-18348 A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Document and Media module - file upload… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
  • TI-2022-20404 A SQL injection vulnerability in the Friendly Url module in Liferay Portal 7.3.7, and… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-20403 A SQL injection vulnerability in the Layout module in Liferay Portal 7.1.3 through… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-16596 Cross-site scripting in Liferay Portal CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
  • TI-2023-17506 Cross-site request forgery in Liferay Portal CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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