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CVE-2023-33949

In Liferay Portal 7.3.0 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.2 and earlier the default configuration does not require users to

In Liferay Portal 7.3.0 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.2 and earlier the default configuration does not require users to verify their email address, which allows remote attackers to create accounts using fake email addresses or email addresses which they don't control. The portal property company.security.strangers.verify should be set to true.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 EPSS 0.00342
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Weakness Classification

CWE-1188Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default
CWE-1188Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default
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Affected Products & Versions

5
liferay digital experience platform>= 7.0 and <= 7.2
liferay portal>= 7.0.0 and <= 7.0.6
liferay portal>= 7.1.0 and <= 7.1.3
liferay portal>= 7.2.0 and <= 7.2.1
liferay portalall versions
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Affected Packages

1
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.portal:release.portal.bom MODERATE fixed in 7.3.1
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Scoring & Timeline

5.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · security@liferay.com
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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 NVD24 May 2023 · 05:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
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References & Sources

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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-2023-33949Vendor Advisory
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