---
id: CVE-2021-38267
title: >-
  Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Blogs module's edit blog entry
  page in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 through 7.3.6, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before fix
  pack 2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the
  _com_…
summary: >-
  Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Blogs module's edit blog entry
  page in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 through 7.3.6, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before fix
  pack 2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the
  _com_…
severity: medium
cvss: 5.4
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-79
vendor: liferay
product: digital_experience_platform
affected:
  - digital_experience_platform < 7.3
  - digital_experience_platform = 7.3
  - 'liferay_portal >= 7.3.2, <= 7.3.6'
patched:
  - digital_experience_platform 7.3
published: '2022-03-03'
updated: '2026-07-05'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38267'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2021-38267-stored-xss-with-title-and-subtitle-of-blog-entry
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'http://liferay.com'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: >-
      https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2021-38267-stored-xss-with-title-and-subtitle-of-blog-entry
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00585
epssPercentile: 0.45639
ingestedAt: '2026-07-06T17:03:23.927Z'
---

## Overview

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Blogs module's edit blog entry page in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 through 7.3.6, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before fix pack 2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _com_liferay_blogs_web_portlet_BlogsAdminPortlet_title and _com_liferay_blogs_web_portlet_BlogsAdminPortlet_subtitle parameter.

## Affected

- `digital_experience_platform < 7.3`
- `digital_experience_platform = 7.3`
- `liferay_portal >= 7.3.2, <= 7.3.6`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `digital_experience_platform 7.3`