CVE-2023-33949

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-05-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-1188

Description

In Liferay Portal 7.3.0 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.2 and earlier the default configuration does not require users to verify their email address, which allows remote attackers to create accounts using fake email addresses or email addresses which they don't control. The portal property `company.security.strangers.verify` should be set to true.

Affected products

Liferay Digital Experience Platform: from 7.0 through 7.2
Liferay Portal: from 7.0.0 through 7.0.6; from 7.1.0 through 7.1.3; from 7.2.0 through 7.2.1; 7.3.0

References

https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2023-33949
https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2023-33949

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