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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-29039

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Asset module's categories administration page in Liferay Portal 7.3.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the site name.

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CVE-2021-29039
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1 Nov 2026, 06:10 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-29039

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 May 2021, 15:15 UTC

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Asset module's categories administration page in Liferay Portal 7.3.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the site name.

osv:CVE-2021-29039
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-29039",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2021-29039",
    "summary": "Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Asset module's categories administration page in Liferay Portal 7.3.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the site name.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-29039",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
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        "GHSA-239w-4f3w-cfcv"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                },
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                  "last_affected": "6d28f4266948e7b0eeb14c3e8d16b3d81e02e8bb"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "7.3.4"
                      },
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              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:36.371619500Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120777766"
      ],
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    },
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433955,
  "published_at": "2021-05-16T15:15:07.457+00:00"
}