CVE-2021-29038 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Does Not Obfuscate Password Reminder Answers
Attackers can steal password reminder answers via shoulder surfing or MITM because Liferay Portal fails to obfuscate them on the page.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2021-29038?
CVE-2021-29038 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 20 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-640
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-29038?
12 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom, com.liferay.commerce:com.liferay.commerce.account.web and com.liferay.portal:portal-impl. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | All versions | 7.2.10.fp17 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | All versions | 7.2.10.fp17 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.3.0 | 7.3.10.fp1 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.3.0 | 7.3.10.fp1 |
com.liferay.commerce:com.liferay.commerce.account.web Maven | All versions | 3.0.7 |
com.liferay.commerce:com.liferay.commerce.account.web Maven | All versions | 3.0.7 |
6 more packages
com.liferay.portal:portal-impl Maven | All versions | 5.18.4 |
com.liferay.portal:portal-impl Maven | All versions | 5.18.4 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.login.web Maven | All versions | 5.0.18 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.login.web Maven | All versions | 5.0.18 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.users.admin.web Maven | All versions | 5.0.33 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.users.admin.web Maven | All versions | 5.0.33 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2021-29038?
Upgrade com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom to a fixed version for your release line: 7.2.10.fp17 or 7.3.10.fp1.
Is CVE-2021-29038 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-29038 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Liferay Digital Experience Platform
- CVE-2024-8980 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to CSRF in the Script Console
- CVE-2023-42496 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting
- CVE-2023-42498 Liferay Portal Language Override edit screen and Liferay DXP vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting
- CVE-2024-25147 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
- CVE-2024-26269 Liferay Portal Frontend JS module's portlet.js and Liferay DXP vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mwhf-6mjm-6w3h.