CVE-2021-33323 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP autosaves form data for other users to see

What is CVE-2021-33323?

CVE-2021-33323 is a high-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 3 Aug 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Dynamic Data Mapping module in Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.3.2, and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 19, and 7.2 before fix pack 7, autosaves form values for unauthenticated users, which allows remote attackers to view the autosaved values by viewing the form as an unauthenticated user.

Weakness: CWE-312

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-33323?

6 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom and com.liferay:com.liferay.dynamic.data.mapping.form.web. It affects 2 products.

Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.

How do I fix CVE-2021-33323?

Upgrade com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom to a fixed version for your release line: 7.1.10.fp19 or 7.2.10.fp7.

Is CVE-2021-33323 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-33323 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Liferay Digital Experience Platform

• CVE-2024-8980 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to CSRF in the Script Console Critical 9.6
• CVE-2023-42496 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting Critical 9.6
• CVE-2023-42498 Liferay Portal Language Override edit screen and Liferay DXP vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting Critical 9.6
• CVE-2024-25147 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting Critical 9.6
• CVE-2024-26269 Liferay Portal Frontend JS module's portlet.js and Liferay DXP vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting Critical 9.6

All Liferay Digital Experience Platform vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-fxpf-jr2q-vpvv.