Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the terms of use page in Liferay…
Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-352Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the terms of use page in Liferay Portal before 7.3.6, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before service pack 1, 7.2 before fix pack 11 allows remote attackers to accept the site's terms of use via social engineering and enticing the user to visit a malicious page.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0028 20th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (Maven): 5.25.0com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven): 7.2.10.fp11
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (Maven) | before 5.25.0 | 5.25.0 | Patch available | GHSA-mh9r-9pcx-rx55 |
| — | com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven) | 7.2.0 to before 7.2.10.fp11 | 7.2.10.fp11 | Patch available | GHSA-mh9r-9pcx-rx55 |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 5.25.0 Fixed in 5.25.0 Patch available GHSA-mh9r-9pcx-rx55
- com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven) Vendor— Affected 7.2.0 to before 7.2.10.fp11 Fixed in 7.2.10.fp11 Patch available GHSA-mh9r-9pcx-rx55
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-mh9r-9pcx-rx55 com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (Maven) Fixed in 5.25.0 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-mh9r-9pcx-rx55 com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven) Fixed in 7.2.10.fp11 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-29050
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mh9r-9pcx-rx55
References
Other 5
- https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2021-29050
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/1295dcd8173ac820e501d0e9b3bf1da97ea8b7d4
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/f2723cb2e8dacfbd140ff5f255bb7d21a11c476d
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
- https://liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-17207
Sources
- CVE-2021-29050 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-29050 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mh9r-9pcx-rx55 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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