Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) in edit blog entry page
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Blogs module's edit blog entry page in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 through 7.3.6, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before fix pack 2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _com_liferay_blogs_web_portlet_BlogsAdminPortlet_title and _com_liferay_blogs_web_portlet_BlogsAdminPortlet_subtitle parameter.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.js.web | < 5.0.0 | 5.0.0 |
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom | >= 7.3.0, < 7.3.10.fp2 | 7.3.10.fp2 |
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom | >= 7.3.2, < 7.3.7-ga8 | 7.3.7-ga8 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38267
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/c3ad74d0664072c43da4d30a1d19be8cec3aa8bc
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
- https://liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-17212
- https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2021-38267-stored-xss-with-title-and-subtitle-of-blog-entry?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121611935&_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%3D121611935%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.frontend.js.web, com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom, com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom- Disclosed
- 04.03.2022
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 12:21
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-r39x-3qq4-gxmr - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom
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
- 125
- First → latest
- 02.2022 09.2025
- Without a fix
- 8
- Exploited in attacks
- 0
Severity breakdown
- Critical 24
- High 19
- Medium 82
Disclosures per year
- 2022: 65
- 2023: 11
- 2024: 39
- 2025: 10
- 2026: 0
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