Staging Environment: Content and features may be unstable or change without notice.
Advisory details: github_osv / GHSA-3x83-whxw-pvmg
Advisory ID github_osv/GHSA-3x83-whxw-pvmg
Aliases CVE-2021-38265
Summary Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) Liferay Layout Admin Web before 5.0.0 in Liferay Portal v7.3.6 and below and Liferay DXP v7.3 and below were discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the _com_liferay_asset_list_web_portlet_AssetListPortlet_title parameter.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 4.9
Risk 2.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/03/GHSA-3x83-whxw-pvmg/GHSA-3x83-whxw-pvmg.json
generic_textual MODERATE
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/ac8267406785c2e70f4b15aadd604fbe7fb4451b
https://liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-17229
https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2021-38265-stored-xss-with-collection-name?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121611955&_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%3D121611955%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse
CVE-2021-38265 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38265
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/03/GHSA-3x83-whxw-pvmg/GHSA-3x83-whxw-pvmg.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

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none

low

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required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

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low

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There are no SSVC decisions available.