GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-vwj8-4grf-3r8v Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP fails to invalidate password reset tokens after use
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2021-33322
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl, com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-613
- Reviewed
- 2025-06-27
Affected packages
• Maven com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl: < 5.7.3 → fixed in 5.7.3
• Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom: >= 7.0.0, < 7.0.10.fp96 → fixed in 7.0.10.fp96
• Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom: >= 7.1.0, < 7.1.10.fp18 → fixed in 7.1.10.fp18
• Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom: >= 7.2.0, < 7.2.10.fp5 → fixed in 7.2.10.fp5
Description
In implementation for the portal services before 5.7.3 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.
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2021-33322 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… vulnerability
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33322 advisory
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/8f072ee8527a1dd5c0ffa91c4a78641d0e666b95 web
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/9fe453b34f58286a504d995be8ba50499adcf1b7 web
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal package
- https://liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-16981 web
- https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2021-33322-password-change-does-not-invalidate-password-reset-tokens?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121610648&_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fliferay.dev%3A443%2Fportal%2Fsecurity%2Fknown-vulnerabilities%3Fp_p_id%3Dcom_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_r_p_assetEntryId%3D121610648%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse web