CVE-2021-33335

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.

Category

7.2
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.63%
Vendor Advisory liferay.com Vendor Advisory liferay.dev
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120747906 release notes vendor advisory
https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17103 issue tracking patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2021-33335?
CVE-2021-33335 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2021-33335?
To fix CVE-2021-33335, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2021-33335 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2021-33335 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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