CVE-2024-26270

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-02-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-201

Description

The Account Settings page in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.76 through 7.4.3.99, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3 before patch 5, and 7.4 update 76 through 92 embeds the user’s hashed password in the page’s HTML source, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to steal a user's hashed password.

Affected products

Liferay Digital Experience Platform: 7.4-update76, 7.4-update77, 7.4-update78, 7.4-update79, 7.4-update80, 7.4-update81 (+16)
Liferay Portal: from 7.4.3.76 before 7.4.3.100 — fixed in 7.4.3.100

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Liferay Portal 7.4.3.100. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2024-26270
https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2024-26270

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