SCA: security update for com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom, com.liferay:com.liferay.flags.taglib (GHSA-wg4x-hf94-fj5v)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 428376

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- The Flags module in Liferay Portal 7.3.1 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 96, 7.1 before
fix pack 20, and 7.2 before fix pack 5, does not limit the rate at which content can be flagged as
inappropriate, which allows remote authenticated users to spam the site administrator with emails
(CVE-2021-33320)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wg4x-hf94-fj5v

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 428376

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 7/14/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-33320

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/3/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-33320

cwe: CWE-770