CVE-2021-33321 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP insecure default configuration

What is CVE-2021-33321?

CVE-2021-33321 is a high-severity vulnerability in Liferay Liferay Portal, published on 3 Aug 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Insecure default configuration in Liferay Portal 6.2.3 through 7.3.2, and Liferay DXP before 7.3, allows remote attackers to enumerate user email address via the forgot password functionality. The portal.property login.secure.forgot.password should be defaulted to true.

Weakness: CWE-640

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-33321?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl and com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom. It affects 2 products.

Products include Liferay Dxp, Liferay Liferay Portal.

How do I fix CVE-2021-33321?

Upgrade com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl to 5.11.0 or later.

Is CVE-2021-33321 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-33321 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Liferay Liferay Portal

• CVE-2022-42120 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to SQL Injection via the Fragment Module Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-42122 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to SQL Injection via Friendly URL Module Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-35030 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to CSRF via the Layout Module High 8.8
• CVE-2021-29053 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Multiple SQL Injections High 8.8
• CVE-2021-29047 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Fails to Invalidate CAPTCHA Answers After Use High 7.5

All Liferay Liferay Portal vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-jfch-m2x3-2v66.