Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS)
Liferay Layout Admin Web before 5.0.0 in Liferay Portal v7.3.6 and below and Liferay DXP v7.3 and below were discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the _com_liferay_asset_list_web_portlet_AssetListPortlet_title parameter.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | com.liferay:com.liferay.layout.admin.web | < 5.0.0 | 5.0.0 |
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom | <= 7.3 | no fix |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38265
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/ac8267406785c2e70f4b15aadd604fbe7fb4451b
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
- https://liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-17229
- https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2021-38265-stored-xss-with-collection-name?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121611955&_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%3D121611955%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79- Platform
- Java / Kotlin (Maven)
- Package
com.liferay:com.liferay.layout.admin.web, com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom- Disclosed
- 04.03.2022
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 12:21
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-3x83-whxw-pvmg - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: com.liferay:com.liferay.layout.admin.web
All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.
- Total entries
- 3
- First → latest
- 03.2022 10.2025
- Without a fix
- 0
- Exploited in attacks
- 0
Severity breakdown
- Medium 3
Disclosures per year
- 2022: 1
- 2023: 0
- 2024: 0
- 2025: 2
- 2026: 0
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