Liferay Portal/DXP LayoutPageTemplateEntryUpgradeProcess Name denial of service
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Summary
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Liferay Portal and DXP. This affects the function LayoutPageTemplateEntryUpgradeProcess. Executing a manipulation of the argument Name can lead to denial of service.
This vulnerability appears as CVE-2022-42124. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.
Details
A vulnerability has been found in Liferay Portal and DXP (affected version not known) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function LayoutPageTemplateEntryUpgradeProcess. The manipulation of the argument name with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:
ReDoS vulnerability in LayoutPageTemplateEntryUpgradeProcess in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 through 7.4.3.4 and Liferay DXP 7.2 fix pack 9 through fix pack 18, 7.3 before update 4, and DXP 7.4 GA allows remote attackers to consume an excessive amount of server resources via a crafted payload injected into the 'name' field of a layout prototype.
The weakness was presented 11/15/2022. The advisory is shared for download at portal.liferay.dev. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-42124 since 10/03/2022. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.
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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Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9
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VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
10/03/2022 🔍11/15/2022 🔍
11/15/2022 🔍
09/05/2025 🔍
Sources
Advisory: portal.liferay.devStatus: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2022-42124 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-42124
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-213628
Entry
Created: 11/15/2022 10:24Updated: 09/05/2025 20:27
Changes: 11/15/2022 10:24 (38), 12/18/2022 09:37 (12), 09/05/2025 20:27 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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