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CVE-2023-47798

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 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: 2024-02-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-384

Description

Account lockout in Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.3.0, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 7.2 before fix pack 5, and older unsupported versions does not invalidate existing user sessions, which allows remote authenticated users to remain authenticated after an account has been locked.

Affected products

• Liferay Digital Experience Platform: before 7.2; 7.2, 7.2-fix_pack_1, 7.2-fix_pack_2, 7.2-fix_pack_3, 7.2-fix_pack_4 — fixed in 7.2
• Liferay Portal: from 7.2.0 before 7.3.0 — fixed in 7.3.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.2; Liferay Portal 7.3.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2023-47798
• https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2023-47798

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