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CVE-2021-33335 — release.portal.bom

HIGH

CVE-2021-33335 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.2) CWE-863 vulnerability in com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom. A fix is available for com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Has Company Administrator Accounts Vulnerable to Takeovers

Also known asGHSA-5gh9-g62h-f35m
Published
Updated
Affected
3 pkgs
Patched
3 / 3
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Nov 6, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
1.3%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs71th percentile — riskier than 71% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.13%0.70%1.27%1.83%0.6%1.3%May 26Sep 26Nov 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

Where this sits among everything scored

Real-World Exposure

3 pkgs affected
☕com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom☕com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom☕com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom

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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.

Affected Packages

3 total 3 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
☕Mavencom.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom≥ 7.0.3&&< 7.3.57.3.5com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom:7.3.5
☕Mavencom.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom≥ 7.1.0&&< 7.1.10.fp207.1.10.fp20com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom:7.1.10.fp20
☕Mavencom.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom≥ 7.2.0&&< 7.2.10.fp97.2.10.fp9com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom:7.2.10.fp9

Affected Products

2 products · 30 configurations
Application
digital experience platformliferay
2 versions
7.17.2
Application
liferay portalliferay
≥ 7.0.3 && < 7.3.5
range

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Fix

    Update com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom to 7.3.5 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2021-33335 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    Close the privilege gap rather than the entry point: audit which accounts, roles and service identities can reach the affected operation, drop the component to the least privilege it actually needs, and review file and directory permissions created by earlier installs — a default left in place is what makes this reachable.

Frequently Asked Questions

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.
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CVE-2021-33335: release.portal PrivEsc — Fixed in 7.3.5