CVE-2021-29044 json
Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via Membership Request Admin Page
published 2021-05-17 5 y ago modified 2026-07-09 4 mo ago also GHSA-wcr5-3q96-c2gr , EUVD-2021-15690
- cvss
- 6.1
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.7%
- EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 55%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- maven com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom 7.3.6
- maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom 7.0.10.fp97, 7.1.10.fp21, 7.2.10.fp10, 7.3.10.fp1
Exploit prediction
0.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| maven | com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom | >=7.0.0, <7.3.6 |
7.3.6 |
| maven | com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom | >=7.0.10.fp0, <7.0.10.fp97 >=7.1.0, <7.1.10.fp21 >=7.2.0, <7.2.10.fp10 >=7.3.0, <7.3.10.fp1 |
7.0.10.fp97 7.1.10.fp21 7.2.10.fp10 7.3.10.fp1 |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
-
portal.liferay.dev
/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120743548
vendor-advisory
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29044
advisory
-
github.com
/liferay/liferay-portal
package
-
web.archive.org
/web/20210524195727/https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmV
web
-
liferay.com
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2021-29044
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-wcr5-3q96-c2gr
- NVD CVE-2021-29044
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