GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-f855-2rvm-5j7h Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP has incorrect default permissions for site members
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2021-38268
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- com.liferay:com.liferay.dynamic.data.mapping.service, com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-276
- Reviewed
- 2025-07-14
Affected packages
• Maven com.liferay:com.liferay.dynamic.data.mapping.service: < 6.0.0 → fixed in 6.0.0
• Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom: >= 7.0.0, < 7.0.10.fp101 → fixed in 7.0.10.fp101
• Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom: >= 7.1.0, < 7.1.10.fp21 → fixed in 7.1.10.fp21
• Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom: >= 7.2.0, < 7.2.10.fp10 → fixed in 7.2.10.fp10
• Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom: >= 7.3.0, < 7.3.10.fp2 → fixed in 7.3.10.fp2
Description
The Dynamic Data Mapping module before 4.0.39 from Liferay Portal 7.0.0 through 7.3.6, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 101, 7.1 before fix pack 21, 7.2 before fix pack 10 and 7.3 before fix pack 2 incorrectly sets default permissions for site members, which allows remote authenticated users with the site member role to add and duplicate forms, via the UI or the API.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2021-38268 The Dynamic Data Mapping module in Liferay Portal 7.0.0 through 7.3.6, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 101, 7.1 before fix pack 21, 7.2… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38268 advisory
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/16228425d7395b564f3c4cb5fae0c71c7228202b web
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal package
- https://liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-17150 web
- https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2021-38268-site-member-can-add-new-forms-by-default?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121611813&_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%3D121611813%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse web