FKIE_CVE-2020-25476

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-01-07 17:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:06
Severity
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
Liferay CMS Portal version 7.1.3 and 7.2.1 have a blind persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the user name parameter to Calendar. An attacker can insert the malicious payload on the username, lastname or surname fields of its own profile, and the malicious payload will be injected and reflected in the calendar of the user who submitted the payload. An attacker could escalate its privileges in case an admin visits the calendar that injected the payload.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/community-security-team/liferay-portal/compare/7.1.3-ga4...7.1.3-cumulative.patchPatch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/community-security-team/liferay-portal/compare/7.2.1-ga2...7.2.1-cumulative.patchPatch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/119318646Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/community-security-team/liferay-portal/compare/7.1.3-ga4...7.1.3-cumulative.patchPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/community-security-team/liferay-portal/compare/7.2.1-ga2...7.2.1-cumulative.patchPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/119318646Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
liferay liferay_portal 7.1.3
liferay liferay_portal 7.2.1
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