PT-2022-10704 · Liferay · Liferay Portal

Published 2022-03-02 · Updated 2022-06-05 · CVE-2021-38264

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 versions 7.4.0 through 7.4.1

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into the management toolbar search. This is achieved via the keywords parameter. The issue stems from an incomplete fix.

Recommendations For Liferay Portal versions 7.4.0 and 7.4.1, avoid using the keywords parameter in the management toolbar search until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the management toolbar to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-38264

GHSA-9536-M86R-Q297

Affected Products

Liferay Portal

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38264 · Security Note
• https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2021-38264-reflected-xss-with-keywords-in-search · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-9536-m86r-q297 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-38264 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal · Note
• https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/f5df5cbfdc8254b2388fa445e62ec1efebe3547f · Note
• https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2021-38264-reflected-xss-with-keywords-in-search?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121611971&_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%3D121611971%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/29026 · Telegram Post
• http://liferay.com · Note