CVE-2021-38263
MEDIUM6.1EPSS 0.53%Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the script console
Published: 3/4/2022Modified: 7/15/2025
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Server module's script console in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 101, 7.1 before fix pack 20 and 7.2 before fix pack 10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the output of a script.
Affected packages (3)
- Bitnami/liferay>= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.0, >= 7.1.0, <= 7.1.0, >= 7.2.0, <= 7.2.0 | >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.2-fix.0, <= 7.2-fix.0, >= 7.2-fix.0, <= 7.2-fix.0, >= 7.2-fix.0, <= 7.2-fix.0, >= 7.2-fix.0, <= 7.2-fix.0, >= 7.2-fix.0, <= 7.2-fix.0, >= 7.2-fix.0, <= 7.2-fix.0, >= 7.2-fix.0, <= 7.2-fix.0, >= 7.2-fix.0, <= 7.2-fix.0, >= 7.2-fix.0, <= 7.2-fix.0
- Maven/com.liferay:com.liferay.server.admin.webfrom 0, < 4.0.12
- Maven/com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomfrom 0, <= 7.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
References (8)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38263
- PATCHhttps://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
- WEBhttp://liferay.com
- WEBhttps://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/1abb1bfc96242065f97c2828a02350ea2174f5f6
- WEBhttps://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/771d99805b7ca69fecfcf67be5e24f2c1af1d0bb
- WEBhttps://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17061
- WEBhttps://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2021-38263-reflected-xss-with-script-page?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121611737&_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fliferay.dev%3A443%2Fportal%2Fsecurity%2Fknown-vulnerabilities%3Fp_p_id%3Dcom_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_r_p_assetEntryId%3D121611737%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse
- WEBhttps://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2021-38263-reflected-xss-with-script-page