SQL injection vulnerability in the upgrade process for SQL Server in Liferay Portal 7.3.1 through 7.4.3.17, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before update 6, and 7.4 before update 18 allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the name of a database table's primary key index. This vulnerability is only exploitable when chained with other attacks. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must modify the database and wait for the application to be upgraded.

Affected Packages

Maven com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom

Affected versions: 7.3.1 (fixed in 7.4.3.18)

Related CVEs

CVE-2023-33945

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-g7vw-43xg-8m4h

Published

May 24, 2023 6:30 PM

Last Modified

June 2, 2023 11:05 PM

CVSS Score

7.5 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Maven

Primary Package

com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom

GitHub Reviewed

✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: September 16, 2025 6:29 AM

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