PT-2021-20116 · Liferay · Liferay Portal+1

Published 2021-08-03 · Updated 2022-07-12 · CVE-2021-33335

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Liferay Portal versions 7.0.3 through 7.3.4 Liferay DXP versions 7.1 before fix pack 20 Liferay DXP versions 7.2 before fix pack 9

Description A privilege escalation issue allows remote authenticated users with permission to update or edit users to take over a company administrator user account by editing the company administrator user.

Recommendations For Liferay Portal versions 7.0.3 through 7.3.4, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. For Liferay DXP version 7.1, apply fix pack 20 or later to address the issue. For Liferay DXP version 7.2, apply fix pack 9 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Incorrect Authorization

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-863

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-33335

GHSA-5GH9-G62H-F35M

Affected Products

Liferay Dxp

Liferay Portal

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33335 · Security Note
• https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17103 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-33335 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120747906 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-5gh9-g62h-f35m · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/18604 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/18586 · Telegram Post
• https://web.archive.org/web/20220828222916/https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120747906 · Note