CVE-2021-38266

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-03-02 · updated 2026-07-09

Description

The Portal Security module in Liferay Portal 7.2.1 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 90, 7.1 before fix pack 17 and 7.2 before fix pack 5 does not correctly import users from LDAP, which allows remote attackers to prevent a legitimate user from authenticating by attempting to sign in as a user that exist in LDAP.

Affected products

Liferay Digital Experience Platform: 7.0, 7.0-fix_pack_1, 7.0-fix_pack_10, 7.0-fix_pack_11, 7.0-fix_pack_12, 7.0-fix_pack_13 (+106)
Liferay Portal: through 7.2.1

References

https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17191
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2021-38266
https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17191
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2021-38266

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