CVE-2021-35463: Liferay Portal cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Frontend Taglib module

Quick answers

Is CVE-2021-35463 exploited in the wild?

No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2021-35463 being exploited in the wild.

How severe is CVE-2021-35463?

Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 24 May 2022.

Which products and versions are affected?

com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.taglib.clay (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=7.1.15; com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=7.4.0,fixed=7.4.1.

Is there a fix for CVE-2021-35463?

Yes. com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.taglib.clay (Maven): upgrade to 7.1.15 or later; com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven): upgrade to 7.4.1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

Am I affected by CVE-2021-35463?

Check whether you run com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.taglib.clay (Maven) or com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

• com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.taglib.clay (Maven): upgrade to 7.1.15 or later

  # set com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.taglib.clay to 7.1.15 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

• com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven): upgrade to 7.4.1 or later

  # set com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom to 7.4.1 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Affected products

• com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.taglib.clay (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=7.1.15
• com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=7.4.0,fixed=7.4.1

Identifiers

• CVE-2021-35463
• GHSA-9h7f-5hc8-cj5f