GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-9h7f-5hc8-cj5f Liferay Portal cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Frontend Taglib module
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2021-35463
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom, com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.taglib.clay
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
- Reviewed
- 2025-07-14
Affected packages
• Maven com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom: >= 7.4.0, < 7.4.1 → fixed in 7.4.1
• Maven com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.taglib.clay: < 7.1.15 → fixed in 7.1.15
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Frontend Taglib module in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into the management toolbar search via the `keywords` parameter.
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Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2021-35463 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Frontend Taglib module in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-35463 advisory
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/751a70e0ed7b380ea2ab510ff79ddb33ed87dd9b web
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal package
- https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2021-35463-reflected-xss-with-keywords-in-search?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121611661&_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%3D121611661%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse web