What is CVE-2021-29038?

CVE-2021-29038 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2024-02-20.

How severe is CVE-2021-29038?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform

CVE-2021-29038

Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.3.5, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before fix pack 1, 7.2 before fix pack 17, and older unsupported versions does not obfuscate password reminder answers on the page, which allows attackers to use man-in-the-middle or shoulder surfing attacks to steal user's password reminder answers.

EPSS: 0.003 (20.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Liferay Digital_experience_platform — versions 7.2, 7.3
Liferay Liferay_portal
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-640 — Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

References

cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-29038?: CVE-2021-29038 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2024-02-20.
How severe is CVE-2021-29038?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.