PT-2021-18038 · Liferay · Liferay Portal

Published 2021-05-16 · Updated 2022-05-24 · CVE-2021-29039

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Liferay Portal version 7.3.4

Description: A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists in the Asset module's categories administration page, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the site name variable. This could potentially lead to unauthorized actions on the affected system.

Recommendations: For Liferay Portal version 7.3.4, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Asset module's categories administration page until a patch is available. Avoid using the site name variable in the affected page to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-29039

GHSA-239W-4F3W-CFCV

Affected Products

Liferay Portal

References · 8

• http://liferay.com · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29039 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-239w-4f3w-cfcv · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-29039 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120777766 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20220828222833/https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120777766 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/14501 · Telegram Post