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SCA: security update for com.liferay:com.liferay.headless.discovery.web (GHSA-5j86-vmpx-42pc)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 428424

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2022-28981)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5j86-vmpx-42pc

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 428424

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 7/16/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-28981

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/23/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/22/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-28981

cwe: CWE-22