CVE-2021-33335

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.2/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-863

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17103Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120747906Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17103Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120747906Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Aug 3, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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