CVE-2021-38264: Liferay Portal vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) via the keywords parameter

CVE-2021-38264 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2022-03-04

Liferay Portal vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) via the keywords parameter

Technologies: com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.taglib.clay (Maven). Vendors: Maven.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2021-38264 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2021-38264 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2021-38264?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 4 March 2022.
Which products and versions are affected?
com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.taglib.clay (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=7.1.15.
Is there a fix for CVE-2021-38264?
Yes. com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.taglib.clay (Maven): upgrade to 7.1.15 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2021-38264?
Check whether you run com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.taglib.clay (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

Affected products

  • com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.taglib.clay (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=7.1.15

Identifiers

  • CVE-2021-38264
  • GHSA-9536-m86r-q297

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