Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via the currentURL Parameter

published 2021-06-09 5 y ago modified 2026-07-09 4 mo ago also GHSA-w28v-87g6-cjr6 , EUVD-2021-15695

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

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Portal Workflow module's edit process page in Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 99, 7.1 before fix pack 23, 7.2 before fix pack 12 and 7.3 before fix pack 1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the currentURL parameter.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom 7.0.10.fp99, 7.1.10.fp23, 7.2.10.fp12, 7.3.10.fp1

issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17211 advisory

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.dxp.bom	>=7.0, <7.0.10.fp99 >=7.1.0, <7.1.10.fp23 >=7.2.0, <7.2.10.fp12 >=7.3.0, <7.3.10.fp1	7.0.10.fp99 7.1.10.fp23 7.2.10.fp12 7.3.10.fp1

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

issues.liferay.com /browse/LPE-17211
web, patch, vendor-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29049
advisory
github.com /liferay/liferay-portal
package
liferay.com
web

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary