PT-2021-20919 · Liferay · Liferay Portal

Published 2021-08-04 · Updated 2022-05-24 · CVE-2021-35463

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 7.4.0

Description: A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue in the Frontend Taglib module allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into the management toolbar search via the keywords parameter.

Recommendations: For Liferay Portal version 7.4.0, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the management toolbar search or avoiding the use of the keywords parameter until a patch is available. 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-2021-35463

GHSA-9H7F-5HC8-CJ5F

Affected Products

Liferay Portal

References · 12

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-35463 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-35463 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-9h7f-5hc8-cj5f · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120850663 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal · Note
• https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/751a70e0ed7b380ea2ab510ff79ddb33ed87dd9b · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/18628 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/18698 · Telegram Post
• https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2021-35463 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/26807 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/29026 · Telegram Post
• https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2021-35463-reflected-xss-with-keywords-in-search?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121611661&_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%3D121611661%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse · Note