Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-42120

Critical

Published: 15 November 2022

Published
15 November 2022
Modified
05 September 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0081 74.7th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-42120 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Liferay Dxp. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 25.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

liferay
dxp
7.3, 7.4
liferay
liferay portal
7.3.3 — 7.4.3.16

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-89

Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

References