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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 fi

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.3 EPSS 0.00094
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Weakness Classification

CWE-640Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password
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Affected Products & Versions

4
liferay digital experience platform< 7.2
liferay digital experience platformall versions
liferay portal<= 7.2.1
liferay portal>= 7.3.0 and < 7.3.6
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Affected Packages

5
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Maven com.liferay.commerce:com.liferay.commerce.account.web MODERATE fixed in 3.0.7
Maven com.liferay.portal:portal-impl MODERATE fixed in 5.18.4
Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom MODERATE fixed in 7.2.10.fp17
Maven com.liferay:com.liferay.login.web MODERATE fixed in 5.0.18
Maven com.liferay:com.liferay.users.admin.web MODERATE fixed in 5.0.33
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Scoring & Timeline

6.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD20 Feb 2024 · 10:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
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References & Sources

1
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2021-29038Vendor Advisory
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