Description
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 (2)
Core 2
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2022-28977-htmlutil.escaperedirect-circumvention-with-multiple-forward-slash
Product x_refsource_misc
http://liferay.com
Scores
CVSS v3
6.1
EPSS
0.0051
EPSS Percentile
66.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-601
Status
published
Products (8)
com.liferay.portal/com.liferay.util.java
0 - 7.9.0Maven
com.liferay.portal/release.dxp.bom
7.0.10.fp91 - 7.0.10.fp101Maven
com.liferay.portal/release.portal.bom
7.3.1-ga2 - 7.4.3.4-ga4Maven
liferay/digital_experience_platform
7.0 (12 CPE variants)
liferay/digital_experience_platform
7.1 (10 CPE variants)
liferay/digital_experience_platform
7.2 (11 CPE variants)
liferay/dxp
7.3 (3 CPE variants)
liferay/liferay_portal
7.3.1 - 7.4.3.4
Published
Sep 22, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026