XSS in Liferay Digital Experience Platform
CVE-2021-29044
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Site module's membership request administration pages in Liferay Portal 7.0.0 through 7.3.5, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 97, 7.1 before fix pack 21, 7.2 before fix pack 10 and 7.3 before fix pack 1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _com_liferay_site_my_sites_web_portlet_MySitesPortlet_comments parameter.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (53.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 53.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Liferay Digital Experience Platform — versions 7.0, 7.1, 7.2
- Liferay Dxp — versions 7.3
- Liferay Portal
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Vendor Advisory)
- portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5m… (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-29044?
- CVE-2021-29044 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-05-17.
- How severe is CVE-2021-29044?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.