CVE-2024-25607 Liferay Portal defaults to a low work factor for the default password hashing algorithm
Attackers can quickly crack password hashes due to a low work factor in the default PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA1 algorithm, compromising user credentials.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-25607?
CVE-2024-25607 is a high-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 20 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The default password hashing algorithm (PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA1) in Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.4.3.15, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 16, 7.3 before update 4, 7.2 before fix pack 17, and older unsupported versions defaults to a low work factor, which allows attackers to quickly crack password hashes.
Weakness: CWE-916
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-25607?
10 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom, com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.kernel and com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom. 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.u4 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.3.0 | 7.3.10.u4 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.4.0 | 7.4.13.u16 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.4.0 | 7.4.13.u16 |
4 more packages
com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.kernel Maven | All versions | 38.0.0 |
com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.kernel Maven | All versions | 38.0.0 |
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven | All versions | 7.4.3.14 |
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven | All versions | 7.4.3.14 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2024-25607?
Upgrade com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom to a fixed version for your release line: 7.2.10.fp17, 7.3.10.u4 or 7.4.13.u16.
Is CVE-2024-25607 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-25607 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-43h9-p3j4-39hm.