CVE-2021-33335

high-risk
Published 2021-08-03

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.63% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.2/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Vendors

50
/ 100
high-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 22/34 · High