CVE-2021-33328: Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Edit Vocabulary Page

May 24, 2022 (updated May 14, 2025)

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Asset module’s edit vocabulary page in Liferay Portal 7.0.0 through 7.3.4, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 96, 7.1 before fix pack 20, and 7.2 before fix pack 9, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) _com_liferay_journal_web_portlet_JournalPortlet_name or (2) _com_liferay_document_library_web_portlet_DLAdminPortlet_name parameter.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-vpvm-3wfw-5f5c
github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17100
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33328
portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120747972

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