GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-wg4x-hf94-fj5v Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to email spam via lack of flagging rate

MEDIUM Published 2022-05-24 Modified 2025-07-14 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2021-33320
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
com.liferay:com.liferay.flags.taglib, 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:N/A:L
Weaknesses
CWE-770
Reviewed
2025-07-14

Affected packages

• Maven com.liferay:com.liferay.flags.taglib: < 5.0.11 → fixed in 5.0.11 • Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom: >= 7.0.0, < 7.0.10.fp96 → fixed in 7.0.10.fp96 • Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom: >= 7.1.0, < 7.1.10.fp20 → fixed in 7.1.10.fp20 • Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom: >= 7.2.0, < 7.2.10.fp5 → fixed in 7.2.10.fp5

Description

The Flags module before version 5.0.11 in Liferay Portal 7.3.1 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 96, 7.1 before fix pack 20, and 7.2 before fix pack 5, does not limit the rate at which content can be flagged as inappropriate, which allows remote authenticated users to spam the site administrator with emails

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2021-33320 The Flags module in Liferay Portal 7.3.1 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 96, 7.1 before fix pack 20, and 7.2 before fix… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling weakness

References