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CVE-2021-38269: Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) in the Gogo Shell module

March 4, 2022 (updated July 14, 2025)

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Gogo Shell module before 5.0.2 from Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.3.6 and 7.4.0, and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 23, 7.2 before fix pack 13, and 7.3 before fix pack 2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the output of a Gogo Shell command.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-vw6g-gh6c-8qwp
  • github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
  • github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/0b28a0d0ca7592660c66c15aa14fe709b7c0c141
  • liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-17203
  • liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2021-38269-stored-xss-with-gogo-shell-output?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121611883&_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%3D121611883%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38269

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 5.0.2

Fixed versions

  • 5.0.2

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.0.2 or above.

Impact 5.4 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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/com.liferay.gogo.shell.web/CVE-2021-38269.yml

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