Is CVE-2021-33335 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-33335 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-33335?

CVE-2021-33335 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-33335?

CVE-2021-33335 has an EPSS score of 1.33% (68th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-33335?

Upgrade liferay portal to 7.3.5 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-33335

HIGH

7.2

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Privilege escalation vulnerability in Liferay Portal 7.0.3 through 7.3.4, and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 20, and 7.2 before fix pack 9 allows remote authenticated users with permission to update/edit users to take over a company administrator user account by editing the company administrator user.

CWE-863Incorrect Authorization

How to fix

Remediation Available

liferay portalNVD

Affected:>= 7.0.3, < 7.3.5Fixed in:7.3.5CVE-2021-33335derived from NVD

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 RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.33%probability of exploitation in 30 days

68thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 68% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

issues.liferay.com

Vendor Advisory1

portal.liferay.dev

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CVE-2023-22518	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2023-38035	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2022-46169	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-29927	Critical	9.1	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-38856	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-36289	Medium	5.3	99%	-	Fix

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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.