Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/15174?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/15174?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-vnfc-hrvb-ffax", "summary": "Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the script console\nLiferay 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.", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2021-38263" }, { "alias": "GHSA-ffmm-5ww2-g3q4" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/59849?format=api", "purl": "pkg:maven/com.liferay/com.liferay.server.admin.web@4.0.12", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:maven/com.liferay/com.liferay.server.admin.web@4.0.12" } ], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/59845?format=api", "purl": "pkg:maven/com.liferay.portal/release.dxp.bom@7.0", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-f4pp-shhv-xuh5" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-j4gx-hpwd-yyc8" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-vnfc-hrvb-ffax" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:maven/com.liferay.portal/release.dxp.bom@7.0" } ], "references": [ { "reference_url": "http://liferay.com", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "6.1", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N" }, { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "http://liferay.com" }, { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-38263", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.0053", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.67541", "published_at": "2026-05-30T12:55:00Z" } ], "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-38263" }, { "reference_url": "https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "6.1", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N" }, { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal" }, { "reference_url": "https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/1abb1bfc96242065f97c2828a02350ea2174f5f6", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "6.1", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N" }, { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/1abb1bfc96242065f97c2828a02350ea2174f5f6" }, { "reference_url": "https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/771d99805b7ca69fecfcf67be5e24f2c1af1d0bb", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "6.1", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N" }, { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/771d99805b7ca69fecfcf67be5e24f2c1af1d0bb" }, { "reference_url": "https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17061", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "6.1", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N" }, { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17061" }, { "reference_url": "https://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", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "6.1", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N" }, { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://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" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38263", "reference_id": "CVE-2021-38263", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "6.1", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N" }, { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38263" }, { "reference_url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ffmm-5ww2-g3q4", "reference_id": "GHSA-ffmm-5ww2-g3q4", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1_qr", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ffmm-5ww2-g3q4" } ], "weaknesses": [ { "cwe_id": 79, "name": "Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')", "description": "The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users." }, { "cwe_id": 937, "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities", "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2013." }, { "cwe_id": 1035, "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities", "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2017." } ], "exploits": [], "severity_range_score": "4.0 - 6.9", "exploitability": "0.5", "weighted_severity": "6.2", "risk_score": 3.1, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-vnfc-hrvb-ffax" }