What is CVE-2021-29043?

CVE-2021-29043 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2021-05-17.

How severe is CVE-2021-29043?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform

CVE-2021-29043

The Portal Store module in Liferay Portal 7.0.0 through 7.3.5, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 97, 7.1 before fix pack 21, 7.2 before fix pack 10 and 7.3 before fix pack 1 does not obfuscate the S3 store's proxy password, which allows attackers to steal the proxy password via man-in-the-middle attacks or shoulder surfing.

EPSS: 0.007 (50.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Liferay Digital_experience_platform — versions 7.0, 7.1, 7.2
Liferay Dxp — versions 7.3
Liferay Liferay_portal
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-29043?: CVE-2021-29043 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2021-05-17.
How severe is CVE-2021-29043?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.