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Plain-English summary
This flaw lets an attacker make some affected Liferay sites send users to attacker-chosen external websites. The main business risk is phishing or trust abuse using a legitimate Liferay domain. It is not listed as known exploited in CISA KEV in the supplied data.
Executive priority
Treat as a moderate-priority web trust issue. It is unlikely to cause direct server compromise from the supplied evidence, but can support phishing against customers, employees, or partners through trusted portal links.
Technical view
CVE-2022-28977 is a CWE-601 open redirect in HtmlUtil.escapeRedirect. Multiple forward slashes can bypass redirect validation in Liferay Portal and DXP versions named in the advisory, affecting redirect, FORWARD_URL, and similar parameters.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely on internet-facing Liferay Portal 7.3.1 through 7.4.2, or affected Liferay DXP fix pack and service pack ranges, especially pages or custom flows that consume redirect-style parameters.
Exploitation context
The supplied CVSS vector indicates network access, low complexity, no privileges, and required user interaction. The source bundle does not provide evidence of active exploitation or public weaponization.
Researcher notes
The source bundle names the vulnerable utility, bypass condition, affected version ranges, parameters, CWE, and CVSS. It does not include patch identifiers, exploit telemetry, or detailed vendor remediation steps beyond affected version boundaries.
Mitigation direction
- Identify all Liferay Portal and DXP instances and compare versions to the affected ranges.
- Review Liferay's advisory for fixed versions, service packs, or supported upgrade guidance.
- Prioritize upgrades for internet-facing portals and authentication-adjacent redirect flows.
- Audit custom code using HtmlUtil.escapeRedirect or redirect-style parameters.
- Monitor for suspicious external redirects originating from trusted Liferay URLs.
Validation and detection
- Confirm product version, fix pack, and service pack level for each Liferay deployment.
- Check whether redirect, FORWARD_URL, or similar parameters are exposed on public routes.
- Review application logs for unusual external redirect destinations.
- Verify remediation by confirming instances are outside the affected version ranges.
- Document any compensating controls when immediate upgrade is not possible.
Public sources used
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- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.1 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N2.82.7CISA-ADPVulnerability scoring details
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6.1MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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