GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-5j86-vmpx-42pc Liferay Portal Path Traversal Vulnerability via the Hypermedia REST APIs Module
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2022-28981
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- com.liferay:com.liferay.headless.discovery.web
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
- Reviewed
- 2025-07-16
Affected packages
• Maven com.liferay:com.liferay.headless.discovery.web: < 4.0.12 → fixed in 4.0.12
Description
Path traversal vulnerability in the Hypermedia REST APIs module before 4.0.12 from Liferay Portal (7.4.0 through 7.4.2) allows remote attackers to access files outside of com.liferay.headless.discovery.web/META-INF/resources via the `parameter` parameter.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2022-28981 Path traversal vulnerability in the Hypermedia REST APIs module in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.2 allows remote attackers to access… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28981 advisory
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal package
- https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2022-28981-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-hypermedia-rest-apis?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121612450&_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fliferay.dev%3A443%2Fportal%2Fsecurity%2Fknown-vulnerabilities%3Fp_p_id%3Dcom_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_r_p_assetEntryId%3D121612450%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20220929232244/https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-28981-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-hypermedia-rest-apis web
- http://liferay.com web