GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-w397-9p2j-6x23 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP HtmlUtil.escapeRedirect Can Be Circumvented

MEDIUM Published 2022-09-23 Modified 2025-07-16 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2022-28977
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom, com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom, com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.util.java
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-601
Reviewed
2025-07-16

Affected packages

• Maven com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom: >= 7.3.1-ga2, < 7.4.3.4-ga4 → fixed in 7.4.3.4-ga4 • Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom: >= 7.0.10.fp91, < 7.0.10.fp101 → fixed in 7.0.10.fp101 • Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom: >= 7.1.10.fp17, < 7.1.10.fp25 → fixed in 7.1.10.fp25 • Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom: >= 7.2.10.fp5, < 7.2.10.fp14 → fixed in 7.2.10.fp14 • Maven com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.util.java: < 7.9.0 → fixed in 7.9.0

Description

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.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2022-28977 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… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-601 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site weakness

References