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CVE-2021-33324 json

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Don't Check Permissions of Pages

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-474f-cmx5-gm69 , EUVD-2021-20033

cvss
4.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The Layout module in Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.3.1, and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 20, and 7.2 before fix pack 5, does not properly check permission of pages, which allows remote authenticated users without view permission of a page to view the page via a site's page administration.

Patch / fix

  • maven com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom 7.3.2
  • maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom 7.1.10.fp20, 7.2.10.fp5
  • liferay liferay_portal 7.3.2

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Exploit prediction

0.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom
>=7.1.0, <7.3.2
7.3.2
maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom
<7.1.10.fp20
>=7.2.0, <7.2.10.fp5
7.1.10.fp20
7.2.10.fp5

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions

References

Sources

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