CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-33335
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-08-03
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863
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.
Affected configurations
• liferay digital experience platform 7.1
• liferay digital experience platform 7.2
• liferay liferay portal (>= 7.0.3 < 7.3.5)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness
References
- https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17103 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120747906 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17103 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120747906 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory