Is CVE-2022-42124 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-42124 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-42124?

CVE-2022-42124 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-42124?

CVE-2022-42124 has an EPSS score of 1.23% (65th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-42124?

Upgrade liferay portal to 7.4.3.5 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-42124

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

ReDoS vulnerability in LayoutPageTemplateEntryUpgradeProcess in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 through 7.4.3.4 and Liferay DXP 7.2 fix pack 9 through fix pack 18, 7.3 before update 4, and DXP 7.4 GA allows remote attackers to consume an excessive amount of server resources via a crafted payload injected into the 'name' field of a layout prototype.

CWE-1333

How to fix

Remediation Available

liferay portalNVD

Affected:>= 7.3.2, < 7.4.3.5Fixed in:7.4.3.5CVE-2022-42124derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.23%probability of exploitation in 30 days

65thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 65% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory4

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-07-05.