CVE-2022-38512
MEDIUM6.5EPSS 0.22%Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Fails to Check Permissions in Translation Module
Published: 9/23/2022Modified: 7/16/2025
Description
The Translation module before v2.0.58 from Liferay Portal (v7.4.3.12 through v7.4.3.36), and Liferay DXP 7.4 update 8 through 36 does not check permissions before allowing a user to export a web content for translation, allowing attackers to download a web content page's XLIFF translation file via crafted URL.
Affected packages (2)
- Maven/com.liferay:com.liferay.translation.webfrom 0, < 2.0.58
- Maven/com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom>= 7.4.13.u8, < 7.4.13.u37
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
References (7)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38512
- PATCHhttps://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
- WEBhttp://liferay.com
- WEBhttps://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/1934094578ddcd2c1f3d37593b493d3991a6a20f
- WEBhttps://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/48fd5698fc1935a90e9c5013c328dbc369ba353d
- WEBhttps://liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-17610
- WEBhttps://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2022-38512?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121612585&_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fliferay.dev%3A443%2Fportal%2Fsecurity%2Fknown-vulnerabilities%3Fp_p_id%3Dcom_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_r_p_assetEntryId%3D121612585%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse