CVE-2021-33339: Liferay Portal Fragment Module and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting

May 24, 2022 (updated May 28, 2025)

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.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-7pxh-q6jw-6xj8
github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17102
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33339
portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120747934

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