Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU86271

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

Published: February 8, 2024

Vulnerability identifier: #VU86271

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 5.9 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-29038

CWE-ID: CWE-200

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.

Affected software

Liferay Enterprise Portal
Liferay DXP

How to mitigate CVE-2021-29038

Install updates from vendor's website.

Liferay Enterprise Portal - update to 7.3.6 ga7
Liferay DXP - addressed in versions 7.2 fix pack 17, 7.3 service pack 1

External References

https://liferay.dev:443/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2021-29038

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