CVE-2021-33322

Q: How do I fix CVE-2021-33322?

Upgrade liferay portal to 7.3.1 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2021-33322 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2021-33322 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.2% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 65% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2021-33322?

CVE-2021-33322 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2021-33322 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for liferay portal (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In Liferay Portal 7.3.0 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 96, 7.1 before fix pack 18, and 7.2 before fix pack 5, password reset tokens are not invalidated after a user changes their password, which allows remote attackers to change the user’s password via the old password reset token.

CWE-613

How to fix

Remediation Available

liferay portalNVD

Affected:< 7.3.1Fixed in:7.3.1CVE-2021-33322derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.20%probability of exploitation in 30 days

65thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 65% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

issues.liferay.com

Vendor Advisory1

portal.liferay.dev

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-613 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-2595	Critical	9.8	17%	-	-
CVE-2023-30403	High	7.5	14%	-	-
CVE-2020-27422	Critical	9.8	7.8%	-	-
CVE-2014-3616	Medium	4.3	5.7%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-3144	Critical	9.1	5.2%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-24019	High	8.1	3.9%	-	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2021-33322?

Upgrade liferay portal to 7.3.1 or later.

Is CVE-2021-33322 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2021-33322 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.2% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 65% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2021-33322?

CVE-2021-33322 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2021-33322 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for liferay portal (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-05-13.