What is CVE-2021-33338?

CVE-2021-33338 is a high-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-08-04.

How severe is CVE-2021-33338?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

CSRF in Liferay Digital Experience Platform

CVE-2021-33338

The Layout module in Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.3.2, and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 19, and 7.2 before fix pack 6, exposes the CSRF token in URLs, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain the token and conduct Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks via the p_auth parameter.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.004 (34.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Liferay Digital_experience_platform — versions 7.1, 7.2
Liferay Liferay_portal
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-33338?: CVE-2021-33338 is a high-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-08-04.
How severe is CVE-2021-33338?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.