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CVE-2021-38265: Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS)

March 4, 2022 (updated July 14, 2025)

Liferay Layout Admin Web before 5.0.0 in Liferay Portal v7.3.6 and below and Liferay DXP v7.3 and below were discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the _com_liferay_asset_list_web_portlet_AssetListPortlet_title parameter.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-3x83-whxw-pvmg
  • github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
  • github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/ac8267406785c2e70f4b15aadd604fbe7fb4451b
  • liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-17229
  • liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2021-38265-stored-xss-with-collection-name?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121611955&_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fliferay.dev%3A443%2Fportal%2Fsecurity%2Fknown-vulnerabilities%3Fp_p_id%3Dcom_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_r_p_assetEntryId%3D121611955%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38265

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions up to 7.3

Solution

Unfortunately, there is no solution available yet.

Impact 5.4 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Source file

maven/com.liferay.portal/release.dxp.bom/CVE-2021-38265.yml

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