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Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Has Company Administrator Accounts Vulnerable to Takeovers

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated May 28, 2025

Package

maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 7.1.0, < 7.1.10.fp20
>= 7.2.0, < 7.2.10.fp9

Patched versions

7.1.10.fp20
7.2.10.fp9
maven com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven)
>= 7.0.3, <= 7.3.4
7.3.5

Description

Privilege escalation vulnerability in Liferay Portal 7.0.3 through 7.3.4, and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 20, and 7.2 before fix pack 9 allows remote authenticated users with permission to update/edit users to take over a company administrator user account by editing the company administrator user.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 3, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Reviewed May 28, 2025
Last updated May 28, 2025

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(70th percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Privilege Management

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Learn more on MITRE.

Incorrect Authorization

The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2021-33335

GHSA ID

GHSA-5gh9-g62h-f35m

Source code

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