CVE-2021-33332: Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

May 24, 2022 (updated May 28, 2025)

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Portlet Configuration module in Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.3.2, and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 19, and 7.2 before fix pack 7, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _com_liferay_portlet_configuration_css_web_portlet_PortletConfigurationCSSPortlet_portletResource parameter.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-9995-qvcg-x7g6
github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17053
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33332
portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120748366

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