GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-ffmm-5ww2-g3q4 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the script console
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- Aliases
- CVE-2021-38263
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- com.liferay:com.liferay.server.admin.web, com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom
- 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
- 2025-07-15
Affected packages
• Maven com.liferay:com.liferay.server.admin.web: < 4.0.12 → fixed in 4.0.12
• Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom: <= 7.0 (no fix yet)
Description
Liferay Server Admin Web before 4.0.12 from Liferay Portal v7.3.2 and below and Liferay DXP v7.0 and below were discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the script console under the Server module.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2021-38263 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Server module's script console in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.0… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38263 advisory
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/1abb1bfc96242065f97c2828a02350ea2174f5f6 web
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/771d99805b7ca69fecfcf67be5e24f2c1af1d0bb web
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal package
- https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17061 web
- https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2021-38263-reflected-xss-with-script-page?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121611737&_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%3D121611737%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse web
- http://liferay.com web