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CVE-2021-29046

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.1)—

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Asset module's category selector input field in Liferay Portal 7.3.5 and Liferay DXP 7.3 before fix pack 1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _com_liferay_asset_categories_admin_web_portlet_AssetCategoriesAdminPortlet_title parameter.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (2)

Liferay — DXPLiferay — Liferay Portal

CWEs

References

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