CVSS 3.1
7.5 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCVE-2021-38266
High (7.5) in liferay. EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.security.ldap.impl 2.0.19.
The Portal Security module in Liferay Portal 7.2.1 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 90, 7.1 before fix pack 17 and 7.2 before fix pack 5 does not correctly import users from LDAP, which allows remote attackers to prevent a legitimate user from authenticating by attempting to sign in as a user that exist in LDAP.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 77% of CVEs (scores of 2026-11-01)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- liferay:digital_experience_platform
- liferay:liferay_portal
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-jp3m-vh3g-6ggp | Maven | com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.security.ldap.impl | <2.0.19 | 2.0.19 |
| GHSA-jp3m-vh3g-6ggp | Maven | com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom | <7.3.0-ga1 | 7.3.0-ga1 |
References
- https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17191
- https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2021-38266
- https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17191
- https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2021-38266