What is GHSA-5gh9-g62h-f35m?

GHSA-5gh9-g62h-f35m is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Has Company Administrator Accounts Vulnerable to Takeovers

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-5gh9-g62h-f35m cover?

GHSA-5gh9-g62h-f35m covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2021-33335. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-5gh9-g62h-f35m?

GHSA-5gh9-g62h-f35m has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-5gh9-g62h-f35m?

GHSA-5gh9-g62h-f35m affects 3 products, including: maven/com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom:\u003e= 7.0.3, \u003c= 7.3.4; maven/com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom:\u003e= 7.1.0, \u003c 7.1.10.fp20; maven/com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom:\u003e= 7.2.0, \u003c 7.2.10.fp9.

GHSA-5gh9-g62h-f35mHighCVSS 7.2

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

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

May 24, 2022

Last Modified

May 28, 2025

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2021-33335 →

📋 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 products3

maven/com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom:>= 7.0.3, <= 7.3.4
maven/com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom:>= 7.1.0, < 7.1.10.fp20
maven/com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom:>= 7.2.0, < 7.2.10.fp9

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33335
https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17103
https://web.archive.org/web/20220828222916/https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120747906
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5gh9-g62h-f35m