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CVE-2021-33328

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-08-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Asset module's edit vocabulary page in Liferay Portal 7.0.0 through 7.3.4, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 96, 7.1 before fix pack 20, and 7.2 before fix pack 9, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) _com_liferay_journal_web_portlet_JournalPortlet_name or (2) _com_liferay_document_library_web_portlet_DLAdminPortlet_name parameter.

Affected products

• Liferay Digital Experience Platform: 7.0, 7.0-fix_pack_13, 7.0-fix_pack_14, 7.0-fix_pack_24, 7.0-fix_pack_25, 7.0-fix_pack_26 (+88)
• Liferay Portal: from 7.0.0 before 7.3.5 — fixed in 7.3.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Liferay Portal 7.3.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17100
• https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120747972
• https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17100
• https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120747972

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