CVE-2021-29050

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in Terms of Use Page

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the terms of use page in the implementation for the portal services package before 5.25.0 from 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.

A victim's authenticated browser session is used to submit forged requests to an application that cannot distinguish them from legitimate ones. Typical impact: state-changing actions performed as the victim without their consent.

CVE-2021-29050 has a CVSS score of 8.8 (High). The vector is network-reachable, no privileges required, and user interaction required. A CVSS score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether this affects your application depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable in your environment. A fixed version is available (5.25.0, 7.2.10.fp11); upgrading removes the vulnerable code path.

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1. What is CVE-2021-29050? CVE-2021-29050 is a high-severity cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (maven), affecting versions < 5.25.0. It is fixed in 5.25.0, 7.2.10.fp11. A victim's authenticated browser session is used to submit forged requests to an application that cannot distinguish them from legitimate ones.
2. How severe is CVE-2021-29050? CVE-2021-29050 has a CVSS score of 8.8 (High). This score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether it represents real risk in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable.
3. Which packages are affected by CVE-2021-29050?
   • com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (maven) (versions < 5.25.0)
   • com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (maven) (versions >= 7.2.0, < 7.2.10.fp11)
4. Is there a fix for CVE-2021-29050? Yes. CVE-2021-29050 is fixed in 5.25.0, 7.2.10.fp11. Upgrade to this version or later.
5. Is CVE-2021-29050 exploitable, and should I be worried? Whether CVE-2021-29050 is exploitable in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable. A CVSS score is a worst-case rating; it does not account for your specific deployment, configuration, or usage patterns. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to show which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so you can focus on the ones that represent real risk. Get a demo
6. What actually determines whether CVE-2021-29050 is exploitable, and how bad it is? Exploitability and impact are not fixed properties of a CVE. They depend on runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A high CVSS score on a dependency that never runs is not the same as real risk. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter.
7. How do I fix CVE-2021-29050?
   • Upgrade com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl to 5.25.0 or later
   • Upgrade com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom to 7.2.10.fp11 or later

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