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CVE-2021-33339 json

Liferay Portal Fragment Module and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-7pxh-q6jw-6xj8 , EUVD-2021-20047

cvss
4.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 52%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Fragment module in Liferay Portal 7.2.1 through 7.3.4, and Liferay DXP 7.2 before fix pack 9 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _com_liferay_site_admin_web_portlet_SiteAdminPortlet_name parameter.

Patch / fix

  • maven com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom 7.3.5
  • maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom 7.2.10.fp9
  • liferay liferay_portal 7.3.5

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Exploit prediction

0.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.1 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom
>=7.2.1, <7.3.5
7.3.5
maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom
>=7.2.0, <7.2.10.fp9
7.2.10.fp9

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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