What is CVE-2021-29041?

CVE-2021-29041 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Dxp. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-05-16.

How severe is CVE-2021-29041?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Liferay Dxp

CVE-2021-29041

Denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in the Multi-Factor Authentication module in Liferay DXP 7.3 before fix pack 1 allows remote authenticated attackers to prevent any user from authenticating by (1) enabling Time-based One-time password (TOTP) on behalf of the other user or (2) modifying the other user's TOTP shared secret.

Published 2021-05-16 · last modified 2026-07-09.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 64.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Liferay Dxp — versions 7.3

References

af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Vendor Advisory)
issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17131 (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-29041?: CVE-2021-29041 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Dxp. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-05-16.
How severe is CVE-2021-29041?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.