GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-mwhf-6mjm-6w3h Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Does Not Obfuscate Password Reminder Answers

MEDIUM Published 2024-02-21 Modified 2025-07-29 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2021-29038
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
com.liferay.portal:portal-impl, com.liferay:com.liferay.users.admin.web, com.liferay:com.liferay.login.web, com.liferay.commerce:com.liferay.commerce.account.web, com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weaknesses
CWE-640
Reviewed
2025-07-29

Affected packages

• Maven com.liferay.portal:portal-impl: < 5.18.4 → fixed in 5.18.4 • Maven com.liferay:com.liferay.users.admin.web: < 5.0.33 → fixed in 5.0.33 • Maven com.liferay:com.liferay.login.web: < 5.0.18 → fixed in 5.0.18 • Maven com.liferay.commerce:com.liferay.commerce.account.web: < 3.0.7 → fixed in 3.0.7 • Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom: < 7.2.10.fp17 → fixed in 7.2.10.fp17 • Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom: >= 7.3.0, < 7.3.10.fp1 → fixed in 7.3.10.fp1

Description

In Liferay Impl before 5.18.4, Liferay Users Admin Web before 5.0.33, Liferay Login Web before 5.0.18, and Liferay Commerce Account Web before 3.0.7 from 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.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2021-29038 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… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-640 Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password weakness

References