CVE-2022-42123

Description

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.21%
Vendor Advisory liferay.com Vendor Advisory liferay.com Vendor Advisory liferay.dev
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://liferay.com vendor advisory
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-42123 vendor advisory
https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17518 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-42123?
CVE-2022-42123 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2022-42123?
To fix CVE-2022-42123, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2022-42123 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2022-42123 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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