CVE-2021-33336
lowpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.007 · 52 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Journal module's add article menu in Liferay Portal 7.3.0 through 7.3.3, and Liferay DXP 7.1 fix pack 18, and 7.2 fix pack 5 through 7, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _com_liferay_journal_web_portlet_JournalPortlet_name parameter.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.5–5.4
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affected products (7)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom7.1.0 → 7.1.10.fp18osvUSpkg:maven/com.liferay.portal/release.dxp.bom
- Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom7.2.10.fp5 → 7.2.10.fp7osvUSpkg:maven/com.liferay.portal/release.dxp.bom
- Maven com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom7.3.0 → 7.3.4osvUSpkg:maven/com.liferay.portal/release.portal.bom
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- GHSA-fvg6-9r88-7w85Liferay Portal Journal Module and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)2022-05-24ghsa · osvUS
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Journal module's add article menu in Liferay Portal 7.3.0 through 7.3.3, and Liferay DXP 7.1 fix pack 18, and 7.2 fix pack 5 through 7, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _com_liferay_journal_web_portlet_JournalPortlet_name parameter.
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references (7)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17078cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33336cnnvd
- https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2021-33336-stored-xss-with-structure-namecnnvd
- https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17078enisa_euvd
- https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2021-33336-stored-xss-with-structure-nameenisa_euvd
- https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17078PatchVendor Advisorynvd
- https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2021-33336-stored-xss-with-structure-nameRelease NotesVendor Advisorynvd
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