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CVE-2022-38512

Missing Authorization

Published: Sep 22, 2022 | Modified: May 27, 2025
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38512
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html

The Translation module in 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 pages XLIFF translation file via crafted URL.

Weakness

The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Dxp Liferay 7.4-update_10 (including) 7.4-update_10 (including)
Dxp Liferay 7.4-update_11 (including) 7.4-update_11 (including)
Dxp Liferay 7.4-update_12 (including) 7.4-update_12 (including)
Dxp Liferay 7.4-update_13 (including) 7.4-update_13 (including)
Dxp Liferay 7.4-update_14 (including) 7.4-update_14 (including)
Dxp Liferay 7.4-update_15 (including) 7.4-update_15 (including)
Dxp Liferay 7.4-update_16 (including) 7.4-update_16 (including)
Dxp Liferay 7.4-update_17 (including) 7.4-update_17 (including)
Dxp Liferay 7.4-update_18 (including) 7.4-update_18 (including)
Dxp Liferay 7.4-update_19 (including) 7.4-update_19 (including)
Dxp Liferay 7.4-update_20 (including) 7.4-update_20 (including)
Dxp Liferay 7.4-update_21 (including) 7.4-update_21 (including)
Dxp Liferay 7.4-update_22 (including) 7.4-update_22 (including)
Dxp Liferay 7.4-update_23 (including) 7.4-update_23 (including)
Dxp Liferay 7.4-update_24 (including) 7.4-update_24 (including)
Dxp Liferay 7.4-update_25 (including) 7.4-update_25 (including)
Dxp Liferay 7.4-update_26 (including) 7.4-update_26 (including)
Dxp Liferay 7.4-update_27 (including) 7.4-update_27 (including)
Dxp Liferay 7.4-update_28 (including) 7.4-update_28 (including)
Dxp Liferay 7.4-update_29 (including) 7.4-update_29 (including)
Dxp Liferay 7.4-update_3 (including) 7.4-update_3 (including)
Dxp Liferay 7.4-update_30 (including) 7.4-update_30 (including)
Dxp Liferay 7.4-update_31 (including) 7.4-update_31 (including)
Dxp Liferay 7.4-update_32 (including) 7.4-update_32 (including)
Dxp Liferay 7.4-update_33 (including) 7.4-update_33 (including)
Dxp Liferay 7.4-update_34 (including) 7.4-update_34 (including)
Dxp Liferay 7.4-update_35 (including) 7.4-update_35 (including)
Dxp Liferay 7.4-update_36 (including) 7.4-update_36 (including)
Dxp Liferay 7.4-update_8 (including) 7.4-update_8 (including)
Dxp Liferay 7.4-update_9 (including) 7.4-update_9 (including)
Liferay_portal Liferay 7.4.3.12 (including) 7.4.3.36 (including)

Potential Mitigations

  • Divide the product into anonymous, normal, privileged, and administrative areas. Reduce the attack surface by carefully mapping roles with data and functionality. Use role-based access control (RBAC) [REF-229] to enforce the roles at the appropriate boundaries.
  • Note that this approach may not protect against horizontal authorization, i.e., it will not protect a user from attacking others with the same role.
  • Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
  • For example, consider using authorization frameworks such as the JAAS Authorization Framework [REF-233] and the OWASP ESAPI Access Control feature [REF-45].
  • For web applications, make sure that the access control mechanism is enforced correctly at the server side on every page. Users should not be able to access any unauthorized functionality or information by simply requesting direct access to that page.
  • One way to do this is to ensure that all pages containing sensitive information are not cached, and that all such pages restrict access to requests that are accompanied by an active and authenticated session token associated with a user who has the required permissions to access that page.

References

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