CVE-2021-29038 – com.liferay:com.liferay.users.admin.web

Package

Manager: maven
Name: com.liferay:com.liferay.users.admin.web
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <5.0.33

Severity

Level: Medium

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00094 pctl0.27314

Details

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Does Not Obfuscate Password Reminder Answers In Liferay Impl before 5.18.4, Liferay Users Admin Web before 5.0.33, Liferay Login Web before 5.0.18, and Liferay Commerce Account Web before 3.0.7 from 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.

Metadata

Created: 2024-02-21T00:31:31Z
Modified: 2025-07-29T13:05:27Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/02/GHSA-mwhf-6mjm-6w3h/GHSA-mwhf-6mjm-6w3h.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-640"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-mwhf-6mjm-6w3h
Finding: F087
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