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CVE-2021-29038

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-02-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-640

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.

Affected products

• Liferay Digital Experience Platform: before 7.2; 7.2, 7.2-fix_pack_1, 7.2-fix_pack_10, 7.2-fix_pack_11, 7.2-fix_pack_12, 7.2-fix_pack_13 (+12) — fixed in 7.2
• Liferay Portal: through 7.2.1; from 7.3.0 before 7.3.6 — fixed in 7.3.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.2; Liferay Portal 7.3.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2021-29038
• https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2021-29038

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