CVE-2021-33327

mediumpriority · track · 17OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.009 · 58 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.86% (58th) EPSS

CVSS 4 · medium

Is it mine?

9 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The Portlet Configuration module in Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.3.3, and Liferay DXP 7.0 fix pack pack 93 and 94, 7.1 fix pack 18, and 7.2 before fix pack 8, does not properly check user permission, which allows remote authenticated users to view the Guest and User role even if "Role Visibility" is enabled.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 2.9

v3.14.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 1.4

v3.14.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.14mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-276USprimaryCWE-276US

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
liferay digital experience platform= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
liferay digital experience platform= 7.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
liferay digital experience platform= 7.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
liferay liferay portal7.2.0 → 7.3.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom7.0.10.fp93 → 7.0.10.fp95osvUSpkg:maven/com.liferay.portal/release.dxp.bom
Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom7.1.10.fp18 → 7.1.10.fp19osvUSpkg:maven/com.liferay.portal/release.dxp.bom
Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom7.2.0 → 7.2.10.fp8osvUSpkg:maven/com.liferay.portal/release.dxp.bom
Maven com.liferay:com.liferay.portlet.configuration.web< 4.0.13osvUSpkg:maven/com.liferay/com.liferay.portlet.configuration.web

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-22wc-7wmm-v4ccLiferay Portal and Liferay DXP does not properly check user permission2022-05-24ghsa · osvUS
The Portlet Configuration module before 4.0.13 in Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.3.3, and Liferay DXP 7.0 fix pack pack 93 and 94, 7.1 fix pack 18, and 7.2 before fix pack 8, does not properly check user permission, which allows remote authenticated users to view the Guest and User role even if "Role Visibility" is enabled.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-08-03modified 2026-06-17

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references (7)

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