VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-33335

CVSS score7.2 HIGH

EPSS probability1.31%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2021-08-03

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Privilege escalation vulnerability in Liferay Portal 7.0.3 through 7.3.4, and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 20, and 7.2 before fix pack 9 allows remote authenticated users with permission to update/edit users to take over a company administrator user account by editing the company administrator user.

Weakness classification

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-863

Primary references

cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org — Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Release Notes, Vendor Advisory