A SQL injection vulnerability in the Friendly Url module in Liferay Portal 7.3.7, and…
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 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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00783 56th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven): 7.4.0-ga1com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven): 7.3.10.u4+1 more product
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven) | 7.3.7 to before 7.4.0-ga1 | 7.4.0-ga1 | Patch available | GHSA-hw56-7xj4-7gx6 |
| — | com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven) | 7.3.10.fp2 to before 7.3.10.u4 | 7.3.10.u4 | Patch available | GHSA-hw56-7xj4-7gx6 |
| — | com.liferay:com.liferay.friendly.url.service (Maven) | before 4.0.3 | 4.0.3 | Patch available | GHSA-hw56-7xj4-7gx6 |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven) Vendor— Affected 7.3.7 to before 7.4.0-ga1 Fixed in 7.4.0-ga1 Patch available GHSA-hw56-7xj4-7gx6
- com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven) Vendor— Affected 7.3.10.fp2 to before 7.3.10.u4 Fixed in 7.3.10.u4 Patch available GHSA-hw56-7xj4-7gx6
- com.liferay:com.liferay.friendly.url.service (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 4.0.3 Fixed in 4.0.3 Patch available GHSA-hw56-7xj4-7gx6
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-hw56-7xj4-7gx6 com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven) Fixed in 7.4.0-ga1 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-hw56-7xj4-7gx6 com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven) Fixed in 7.3.10.u4 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-hw56-7xj4-7gx6 com.liferay:com.liferay.friendly.url.service (Maven) Fixed in 4.0.3 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-42122
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hw56-7xj4-7gx6
References
Advisory 3
Other 4
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
- https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2022-42122?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121613466&_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fliferay.dev%3A443%2Fportal%2Fsecurity%2Fknown-vulnerabilities%3Fp_p_id%3Dcom_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_r_p_assetEntryId%3D121613466%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse
- https://web.archive.org/web/20221115051621/https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-42122
- http://liferay.com
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Sources
- CVE-2022-42122 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-42122 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hw56-7xj4-7gx6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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