Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU86270

Cross-site request forgery in Liferay Enterprise Portal and Liferay DXP - CVE-2021-29050

Published: February 8, 2024

Vulnerability identifier: #VU86270

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-29050

CWE-ID: CWE-352

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin in the terms of use page. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.

Affected software

Liferay Enterprise Portal
Liferay DXP

How to mitigate CVE-2021-29050

Install updates from vendor's website.

Liferay Enterprise Portal - update to 7.3.6 ga7
Liferay DXP - addressed in versions 7.2 fix pack 11, 7.3 service pack 1

External References

https://liferay.dev:443/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2021-29050

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