CVE•Published 2022-11-15•Modified 2026-07-09•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2022-42121Liferay · Liferay_portal
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
61
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 39% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
A SQL injection vulnerability in the Layout module in Liferay Portal 7.1.3 through 7.4.3.4, and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 27, 7.2 before fix pack 17, 7.3 before service pack 3, and 7.4 GA allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a crafted payload injected into a page template's 'Name' field.
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-2022-42121Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Liferay Liferay Portal"All exposed Liferay Liferay Portal instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Liferay Portal"HTTP body or banner mentions "Liferay Portal" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2022-42121Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2022-42121Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2022-42121Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2022-42121GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2022-42121" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2022-42121 on GitHub.