CVE-2021-38263

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-03-03 · updated 2026-07-09
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Server module's script console in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 101, 7.1 before fix pack 20 and 7.2 before fix pack 10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the output of a script.

Affected products

Liferay Digital Experience Platform: 7.0, 7.0-fix_pack_1, 7.0-fix_pack_10, 7.0-fix_pack_100, 7.0-fix_pack_11, 7.0-fix_pack_12 (+125)
Liferay Portal: through 7.3.2

References

https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17061
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2021-38263-reflected-xss-with-script-page
https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17061
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2021-38263-reflected-xss-with-script-page

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