Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-42113

Medium

Published: 18 October 2022

Published
18 October 2022
Modified
10 May 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0020 41.7th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-42113 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Liferay Dxp. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 41.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Document Library module in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.30 through 7.4.3.36, and Liferay DXP 7.4 update 30 through update 36 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the `redirect` parameter.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

liferay
dxp
7.4
liferay
liferay portal
7.4.3.30 — 7.4.3.37

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering
addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

References