CVE•Published 2022-11-15•Modified 2026-07-09•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2022-42120Liferay · Dxp
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
53
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 47% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
A SQL injection vulnerability in the Fragment module in Liferay Portal 7.3.3 through 7.4.3.16, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before update 4, and 7.4 before update 17 allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a PortletPreferences' `namespace` attribute.
Timeline
Published 2022-11-15
Modified 2026-07-09
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2022-42120Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Liferay Dxp" version:"7.3"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Dxp"HTTP body or banner mentions "Dxp" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2022-42120Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2022-42120Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2022-42120Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2022-42120GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2022-42120" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2022-42120 on GitHub.