Liferay Portal/DXP External URL HtmlUtil.escapeRedirect redirect

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Liferay Portal and DXP. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function HtmlUtil.escapeRedirect of the component External URL Handler. Performing a manipulation results in redirect. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-28977. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Liferay Portal and DXP (version unknown). It has been classified as critical. This affects the function HtmlUtil.escapeRedirect of the component External URL Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a redirect vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-601. A web application accepts a user-controlled input that specifies a link to an external site, and uses that link in a Redirect. This simplifies phishing attacks. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

HtmlUtil.escapeRedirect in Liferay Portal 7.3.1 through 7.4.2, and Liferay DXP 7.0 fix pack 91 through 101, 7.1 fix pack 17 through 25, 7.2 fix pack 5 through 14, and 7.3 before service pack 3 can be circumvented by using multiple forward slashes, which allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary external URLs via the (1) 'redirect` parameter (2) `FORWARD_URL` parameter, and (3) others parameters that rely on HtmlUtil.escapeRedirect.

The weakness was published 09/22/2022. The advisory is shared at portal.liferay.dev. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-28977 since 04/11/2022. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1204.001 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Class: Redirect
CWE: CWE-601
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Remote: Yes

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04/11/2022 🔍
09/22/2022 +164 days 🔍
09/22/2022 +0 days 🔍
05/14/2025 +965 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: portal.liferay.dev
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-28977 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-28977
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-209265

Entryinfo

Created: 09/22/2022 07:47
Updated: 05/14/2025 03:15
Changes: 09/22/2022 07:47 (37), 10/22/2022 08:33 (11), 05/14/2025 03:15 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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