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Plain-English summary
This flaw can expose an LDAP password in a Liferay admin page URL when an administrator paginates through Test LDAP Users results. Anyone able to observe traffic or read request logs could recover that credential. The impact is confidentiality loss, not system takeover by itself.
Executive priority
Treat as a targeted credential-exposure issue. Prioritize affected internet-facing or heavily logged administrative environments, then rotate any LDAP credential that may have appeared in logs.
Technical view
CVE-2022-42132 is CWE-200 information exposure in Liferay Portal and DXP LDAP testing. Affected builds include Liferay Portal 7.0.0 through 7.4.3.4 and listed DXP fix pack/update ranges. The vulnerable flow places the LDAP credential in the page URL during pagination.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely on Liferay deployments using LDAP configuration testing, especially where admin traffic, reverse proxy logs, web server logs, or application request logs capture full URLs.
Exploitation context
The source describes man-in-the-middle attackers or attackers with request-log access viewing the LDAP credential. KEV is false, and the provided sources do not state active exploitation.
Researcher notes
The CVSS score is 5.9 with high confidentiality impact and high attack complexity. Available evidence identifies URL-based credential disclosure, but does not provide exploit activity, broader product impact, or detailed vendor mitigation beyond affected/fixed version boundaries.
Mitigation direction
- Check Liferay’s advisory for the fixed release or applicable fix pack/update.
- Upgrade or apply Liferay vendor remediation if the deployment is in an affected version range.
- Avoid using Test LDAP Users pagination on affected systems until remediated.
- Review request logs for exposed LDAP credentials and rotate any credential that may have been logged.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Liferay Portal or DXP versions and compare them with the affected ranges.
- Confirm whether LDAP Test Users functionality is configured or used by administrators.
- Inspect relevant request logs for LDAP credential exposure in paginated Test LDAP Users URLs.
- After remediation, verify pagination URLs no longer include LDAP credentials.
Public sources used
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- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.9 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N2.23.6CISA-ADPVulnerability scoring details
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5.9MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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- https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-42132CVE reference, mitre
- https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17438CVE reference, mitre
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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
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