CVE-2021-29038

MEDIUM

Liferay Digital Experience Platform < 7.2 - Password Reset Weakness

Title source: rule

Description

Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.3.5, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before fix pack 1, 7.2 before fix pack 17, and older unsupported versions does not obfuscate password reminder answers on the page, which allows attackers to use man-in-the-middle or shoulder surfing attacks to steal user's password reminder answers.

References (1)

[Vendor Advisory] https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2021-29038

Scores

CVSS v3 6.3

EPSS 0.0009

EPSS Percentile 26.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-640

Status published

Products (9)

com.liferay/com.liferay.login.web 0 - 5.0.18Maven

com.liferay/com.liferay.users.admin.web 0 - 5.0.33Maven

com.liferay.commerce/com.liferay.commerce.account.web 0 - 3.0.7Maven

com.liferay.portal/portal-impl 0 - 5.18.4Maven

com.liferay.portal/release.dxp.bom 0 - 7.2.10.fp17Maven

liferay/digital_experience_platform 7.2 (17 CPE variants)

liferay/digital_experience_platform 7.3

liferay/digital_experience_platform < 7.2

liferay/liferay_portal < 7.2.1

Published Feb 20, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026