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CVE-2021-29048: Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in the Layout Admin Page

May 24, 2022 (updated May 28, 2025)

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Layout module’s page administration page in Liferay Portal 7.3.4, 7.3.5 and Liferay DXP 7.2 before fix pack 11 and 7.3 before fix pack 1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _com_liferay_layout_admin_web_portlet_GroupPagesPortlet_name parameter.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-4fx8-82f3-xcpc
  • github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29048
  • portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120743601
  • web.archive.org/web/20210524222536/https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120743601

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 7.3.4 before 7.3.6

Fixed versions

  • 7.3.6

Solution

Upgrade to version 7.3.6 or above.

Impact 6.1 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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.portal.bom/CVE-2021-29048.yml

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