CVE-2021-33331: Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Allows Arbitrary Redirect of Users to External URLs

May 24, 2022 (updated May 28, 2025)

Open redirect vulnerability in the Notifications module in Liferay Portal 7.0.0 through 7.3.1, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 94, 7.1 before fix pack 19 and 7.2 before fix pack 8, allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary external URLs via the ‘redirect’ parameter.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-mj8w-h522-jwm8
github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17022
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33331
portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120747627

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