GHSA-w397-9p2j-6x23

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    GHSA-w397-9p2j-6x23

    Published: 23 Sept 2022Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025

    Summary: Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP HtmlUtil.escapeRedirect Can Be Circumvented

    Details: 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.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28977, https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/242e8bcabe3e8767799d3d1e6c021a75b4ada11b, https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/6389885476414d3cd9e3092b4708906a5bdc8a48, https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/8aa3fd76f34d1a4562bd5b4f82931a0a124e31a8, https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal, https://liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-17327, https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2022-28977?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121612261&_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%3D121612261%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse, https://web.archive.org/web/20220922060039/https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-28977-htmlutil.escaperedirect-circumvention-with-multiple-forward-slash, http://liferay.com

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom

    Purl: pkg:maven/com.liferay.portal/release.portal.bom

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 7.3.1-ga2
    Fixed -7.4.3.4-ga4

    Affected versions

    7.3.2
    7.3.2-1
    7.3.3
    7.3.3-1
    7.3.4
    7.3.5
    7.3.6
    7.3.7

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    GHSA-w397-9p2j-6x23 | CVE-DB