CVE-2021-38264
mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.007 · 54 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Frontend Taglib module in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 and 7.4.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into the management toolbar search via the `keywords` parameter. This issue is caused by an incomplete fix in CVE-2021-35463.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (4)
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- Maven com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.taglib.clay< 7.1.15osvUSpkg:maven/com.liferay/com.liferay.frontend.taglib.clay
advisories (1)
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- GHSA-9536-m86r-q297Liferay Portal vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) via the keywords parameter2022-03-04ghsa · osvUS
Liferay Portal v7.4.1 and below was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the keywords parameter under the Frontend Taglib module before 7.1.15.
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references (6)
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- http://liferay.comcnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2021-38264/cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38264cnnvd
- https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2021-38264-reflected-xss-with-keywords-in-searchcnnvd
- https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2021-38264-reflected-xss-with-keywords-in-searchenisa_euvd
- https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2021-38264-reflected-xss-with-keywords-in-searchPatchVendor Advisorynvd
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