VDB-180007 · CVE-2021-33320 · GCVE-0-2021-33320

Liferay Portal/DXP Flags allocation of resources

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Liferay Portal and DXP. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Flags Module. This manipulation causes an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2021-33320. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Liferay Portal and DXP (affected version not known). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Flags Module. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-770. The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 08/04/2021. It is possible to read the advisory at issues.liferay.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-33320. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

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Productinfo

Type

Enterprise Resource Planning Software

Vendor

Liferay

Name

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Temp Score: 5.2
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NVD Base Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Allocation of resources
CWE: CWE-770 / CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

05/20/2021 🔍
08/04/2021 +76 days 🔍
08/04/2021 +0 days 🔍
05/14/2025 +1378 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: issues.liferay.com
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2021-33320 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-33320
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-180007

Entryinfo

Created: 08/04/2021 10:01
Updated: 05/14/2025 01:06
Changes: 08/04/2021 10:01 (34), 08/07/2021 13:01 (3), 05/14/2025 01:06 (36)
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