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CVE-2021-38268: Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP has incorrect default permissions for site members

March 3, 2022 (updated July 14, 2025)

The Dynamic Data Mapping module before 4.0.39 from Liferay Portal 7.0.0 through 7.3.6, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 101, 7.1 before fix pack 21, 7.2 before fix pack 10 and 7.3 before fix pack 2 incorrectly sets default permissions for site members, which allows remote authenticated users with the site member role to add and duplicate forms, via the UI or the API.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-f855-2rvm-5j7h
  • github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
  • github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/16228425d7395b564f3c4cb5fae0c71c7228202b
  • liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-17150
  • liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2021-38268-site-member-can-add-new-forms-by-default?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121611813&_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%3D121611813%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38268

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 6.0.0

Fixed versions

  • 6.0.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 6.0.0 or above.

Impact 6.5 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-276: Incorrect Default Permissions

Source file

maven/com.liferay/com.liferay.dynamic.data.mapping.service/CVE-2021-38268.yml

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