CVE-2021-33322 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP fails to invalidate password reset tokens after use
Attackers can hijack user accounts by reusing old password reset tokens that remain valid after a password change.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2021-33322?
CVE-2021-33322 is a high-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 3 Aug 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Liferay Portal 7.3.0 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 96, 7.1 before fix pack 18, and 7.2 before fix pack 5, password reset tokens are not invalidated after a user changes their password, which allows remote attackers to change the user’s password via the old password reset token.
Weakness: CWE-613
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-33322?
8 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom and com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.0.0 | 7.0.10.fp96 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.0.0 | 7.0.10.fp96 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.1.0 | 7.1.10.fp18 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.1.0 | 7.1.10.fp18 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.2.0 | 7.2.10.fp5 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.2.0 | 7.2.10.fp5 |
2 more packages
com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl Maven | All versions | 5.7.3 |
com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl Maven | All versions | 5.7.3 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2021-33322?
Upgrade com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom to a fixed version for your release line: 7.0.10.fp96, 7.1.10.fp18 or 7.2.10.fp5.
Is CVE-2021-33322 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-33322 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-vwj8-4grf-3r8v.