CVSS 3.1
6.3 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LCVE-2021-29038
Medium (6.3) in liferay. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in com.liferay.portal:portal-impl 5.18.4.
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 21% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-640
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- liferay:digital_experience_platform
- liferay:liferay_portal
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-mwhf-6mjm-6w3h | Maven | com.liferay.portal:portal-impl | <5.18.4 | 5.18.4 |
| GHSA-mwhf-6mjm-6w3h | Maven | com.liferay:com.liferay.users.admin.web | <5.0.33 | 5.0.33 |
| GHSA-mwhf-6mjm-6w3h | Maven | com.liferay:com.liferay.login.web | <5.0.18 | 5.0.18 |
| GHSA-mwhf-6mjm-6w3h | Maven | com.liferay.commerce:com.liferay.commerce.account.web | <3.0.7 | 3.0.7 |
| GHSA-mwhf-6mjm-6w3h | Maven | com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom | <7.2.10.fp17 | 7.2.10.fp17 |
| GHSA-mwhf-6mjm-6w3h | Maven | com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom | >=7.3.0 <7.3.10.fp1 | 7.3.10.fp1 |