CVE-2021-33335

mediumpriority · track · 29OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.013 · 70 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.31% (70th) EPSS

CVSS 6.5 · medium

Is it mine?

7 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

Privilege escalation vulnerability in Liferay Portal 7.0.3 through 7.3.4, and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 20, and 7.2 before fix pack 9 allows remote authenticated users with permission to update/edit users to take over a company administrator user account by editing the company administrator user.

cvss

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

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–7.2

v2.06.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 6.4

v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.2 · impact 5.9

v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.16.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-863USprimaryCWE-269USCWE-863US

affected products (7)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
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 portal7.0.3 → 7.3.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom7.1.0 → 7.1.10.fp20osvUSpkg:maven/com.liferay.portal/release.dxp.bom
Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom7.2.0 → 7.2.10.fp9osvUSpkg:maven/com.liferay.portal/release.dxp.bom
Maven com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom7.0.3 → 7.3.5osvUSpkg:maven/com.liferay.portal/release.portal.bom

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-5gh9-g62h-f35mLiferay Portal and Liferay DXP Has Company Administrator Accounts Vulnerable to Takeovers2022-05-24ghsa · osvUS
Privilege escalation vulnerability in Liferay Portal 7.0.3 through 7.3.4, and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 20, and 7.2 before fix pack 9 allows remote authenticated users with permission to update/edit users to take over a company administrator user account by editing the company administrator user.

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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