CVE-2021-33322

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-08-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-613

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.

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 (+83)
Liferay Portal: before 7.3.1 — fixed in 7.3.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Liferay Portal 7.3.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-16981
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120748020
https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-16981
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120748020

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