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

Exploitation

No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.

CVSS

8.8 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

• CVE-2021-29050: 0.28% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 20.53 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

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.

Published by the source

21 Feb 2024, 00:31 UTC

Last modified by the source

29 Jul 2025, 13:05 UTC

Source last checked

26 Oct 2026, 16:39 UTC

1. Revision 1 · created · 26 Oct 2026

   Published from ghsa record GHSA-mh9r-9pcx-rx55

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2021-29050

Advisory: Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in Terms of Use Page
IDs: CVE-2021-29050, GHSA-mh9r-9pcx-rx55
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2021-29050 (revision 1, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 16:39 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.8)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor fix available; fixed versions by package: com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom 7.2.10.fp11; com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl 5.25.0. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom: affected >= 7.2.0, < 7.2.10.fp11; fixed in 7.2.10.fp11
- Maven com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl: affected < 5.25.0; fixed in 5.25.0

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom: check the installed version with your package manager.
- Maven com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl: check the installed version with your package manager.

## Supported action
Upgrade each affected component to a fixed version on its release line. For a transitive dependency, upgrade the parent package or add an override or constraint, then regenerate the lockfile. Redeploy every environment that ran an affected version.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom, com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mh9r-9pcx-rx55 (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-mh9r-9pcx-rx55 lists affected ranges: Maven com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl >=0 =7.2.0 <7.2.10.fp11)

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