What is CVE-2021-38264?

CVE-2021-38264 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Portal, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-03-03.

How severe is CVE-2021-38264?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Liferay Portal

CVE-2021-38264

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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (50.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Liferay Liferay_portal — versions 7.4.0, 7.4.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Product, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-38264?: CVE-2021-38264 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Portal, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-03-03.
How severe is CVE-2021-38264?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.