{"answers":{"affected":"5 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom, liferay and com.liferay:com.liferay.server.admin.web. It affects 2 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38263 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2021-38263 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 2 Mar 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-38263 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-38263 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 2 Mar 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38263 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven): affected all versions up to 7.0; no fix listed\n- com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven): affected all versions up to 7.0; no fix listed\n- liferay (Bitnami): affected from 7.0.0 up to 7.0.0; no fix listed\n- com.liferay:com.liferay.server.admin.web (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 4.0.12\n- com.liferay:com.liferay.server.admin.web (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 4.0.12\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38263/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38263/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-38263","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38263/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-38263","record":{"aliases":["BIT-liferay-2021-38263","GHSA-ffmm-5ww2-g3q4"],"analysis":{"component_type":"web_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Liferay Portal","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Remote attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Server module's script console output in Liferay 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