CVE-2023-33949 Insecure Default Initialization In Liferay Portal
Remote attackers can create accounts with fake emails due to default settings, requiring administrators to enable email verification.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-33949?
CVE-2023-33949 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 24 May 2023. 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 7.2 and earlier the default configuration does not require users to verify their email address, which allows remote attackers to create accounts using fake email addresses or email addresses which they don't control. The portal property `company.security.strangers.verify` should be set to true.
Weakness: CWE-1188
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-33949?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom and liferay. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven | From 7.0.0 | 7.3.1 |
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven | From 7.0.0 | 7.3.1 |
liferay Bitnami | From 7.0.0 to 7.0.0 | None |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2023-33949?
Upgrade com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom to 7.3.1 or later.
Is CVE-2023-33949 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-33949 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 BIT-liferay-2023-33949, GHSA-g9mr-9xfc-4gf7.