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CVE-2022-28981

HIGH

CVE-2022-28981 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) Path Traversal vulnerability in com.liferay:com.liferay.headless.discovery.web. O3 Security confirms whether CVE-2022-28981 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.

Liferay Portal Path Traversal Vulnerability via the Hypermedia REST APIs Module

Also known asGHSA-5j86-vmpx-42pc
Published
Sep 22, 2022
Updated
Jul 15, 2026
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed

Blast Radius

1 pkg affected
com.liferay:com.liferay.headless.discovery.web

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Description

Path traversal vulnerability in the Hypermedia REST APIs module in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.2 allows remote attackers to access files outside of com.liferay.headless.discovery.web/META-INF/resources via the parameter parameter.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
Mavencom.liferay:com.liferay.headless.discovery.weball versions4.0.12

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for com.liferay:com.liferay.headless.discovery.web. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.

  2. Fix

    Update com.liferay:com.liferay.headless.discovery.web to 4.0.12 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2022-28981 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2022-28981 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Tailored to CVE-2022-28981. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Path traversal vulnerability in the Hypermedia REST APIs module in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.2 allows remote attackers to access files outside of com.liferay.headless.discovery.web/META-INF/resources via the `parameter` parameter.
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

Is CVE-2022-28981 in your dependencies?

O3 detects CVE-2022-28981 across Maven dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.