CVE-2022-45320Network attack vector

Wiki ownership takeover through page editing

Published Feb 20, 2024 · Updated Mar 28, 2025

Privilege escalation in affected Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP releases allows remote authenticated users to take ownership of edited wiki pages. The Wiki edit operation assigns page ownership to the editing account; Liferay has not published the specific code path or omitted authorization check. The documented consequence is limited to unauthorized page ownership, and no unauthenticated path is reported.

CVSS severity5.4
Medium
EPSS probability0.48%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Privilege escalation in affected Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP releases allows remote authenticated users to take ownership of edited wiki pages. The Wiki edit operation assigns page ownership to the editing account; Liferay has not published the specific code path or omitted authorization check. The documented consequence is limited to unauthorized page ownership, and no unauthenticated path is reported.

The record

CVE
CVE-2022-45320
Published
Feb 20, 2024
Updated
Mar 28, 2025
Vendor
Unknown vendor
Product
Unknown product
Classifications
CWE-284, T1565.001
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Feb 20, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Mar 28, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

Affected buildAffected product and version details are unavailable.

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

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Published CVSS scores

6.3NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
6.3CISA-ADPCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
5.4LiferayCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-284Improper Access Control
T1565.001Stored Data Manipulation

Public exploit references

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