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CVE-2021-35463: Liferay Portal cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Frontend Taglib module

May 24, 2022 (updated July 15, 2025)

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Frontend Taglib module in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into the management toolbar search via the keywords parameter.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-9h7f-5hc8-cj5f
  • github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
  • github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/751a70e0ed7b380ea2ab510ff79ddb33ed87dd9b
  • liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2021-35463-reflected-xss-with-keywords-in-search?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121611661&_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%3D121611661%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-35463

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 7.4.0 before 7.4.1, version 7.4.0

Fixed versions

  • 7.4.1

Solution

Upgrade to version 7.4.1 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-2021-35463.yml

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