Vulnerability Report

CVE-2021-29046

Title: Liferay Liferay Portal Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

XSS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2021-29046.

CWE Category CWE-79
Published Date May 17, 2021
Modified Date Jul 09, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.1 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.92%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2021-29046: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Asset module's category selector input field in Liferay Portal 7.3.5 and Liferay DXP 7.3 before fix pack 1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _com_liferay_asset_categories_admin_web_portlet_AssetCategoriesAdminPortlet_title parameter.

Impacted Vendors

L
liferay 2

Reference Links

http://liferay.com https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120743501 http://liferay.com https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120743501
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
CHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.3
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2021-29046 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.