Information disclosure in Liferay Enterprise Portal and Liferay DXP - CVE-2021-29038

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Information disclosure in Liferay Enterprise Portal and Liferay DXP - CVE-2021-29038

Published: February 8, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU86271
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-29038
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Liferay Enterprise Portal
Liferay DXP
Software vendor:
Liferay

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to the affected application does not obfuscate password reminder answers. A remote attacker can perform a man-in-the-middle (MitM) or shoulder surfing attacks to steal user's password reminder answers.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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