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CVE-2021-38263: Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the script console

March 4, 2022 (updated July 15, 2025)

Liferay Server Admin Web before 4.0.12 from Liferay Portal v7.3.2 and below and Liferay DXP v7.0 and below were discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the script console under the Server module.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-ffmm-5ww2-g3q4
  • github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
  • github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/1abb1bfc96242065f97c2828a02350ea2174f5f6
  • github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/771d99805b7ca69fecfcf67be5e24f2c1af1d0bb
  • issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17061
  • liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2021-38263-reflected-xss-with-script-page?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121611737&_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%3D121611737%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38263

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 4.0.12

Fixed versions

  • 4.0.12

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.0.12 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/com.liferay.server.admin.web/CVE-2021-38263.yml

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