CVE-2021-29043

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-05-17 · updated 2026-07-09
Weakness: CWE-522

Description

The Portal Store module in Liferay Portal 7.0.0 through 7.3.5, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 97, 7.1 before fix pack 21, 7.2 before fix pack 10 and 7.3 before fix pack 1 does not obfuscate the S3 store's proxy password, which allows attackers to steal the proxy password via man-in-the-middle attacks or shoulder surfing.

Affected products

Liferay Digital Experience Platform: 7.0, 7.0-fix_pack_13, 7.0-fix_pack_14, 7.0-fix_pack_24, 7.0-fix_pack_25, 7.0-fix_pack_26 (+90)
Liferay DXP: 7.3
Liferay Portal: from 7.0.0 through 7.3.5

References

https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120743515
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120743515

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