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Advisory details: github_osv / GHSA-wg4x-hf94-fj5v
Advisory ID github_osv/GHSA-wg4x-hf94-fj5v
Aliases CVE-2021-33320
Summary Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to email spam via lack of flagging rate The Flags module before version 5.0.11 in Liferay Portal 7.3.1 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 96, 7.1 before fix pack 20, and 7.2 before fix pack 5, does not limit the rate at which content can be flagged as inappropriate, which allows remote authenticated users to spam the site administrator with emails
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 3.9
Risk 1.9
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-wg4x-hf94-fj5v/GHSA-wg4x-hf94-fj5v.json
generic_textual MODERATE
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17007
https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2021-33320-flagging-content-as-inappropriate-is-not-rate-limited?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121611464&_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%3D121611464%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse
CVE-2021-33320 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33320
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:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-wg4x-hf94-fj5v/GHSA-wg4x-hf94-fj5v.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

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none

low

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required

unchanged

changed

high

low

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high

low

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low

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There are no SSVC decisions available.