Vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform
CVE-2021-38266
The Portal Security module in Liferay Portal 7.2.1 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 90, 7.1 before fix pack 17 and 7.2 before fix pack 5 does not correctly import users from LDAP, which allows remote attackers to prevent a legitimate user from authenticating by attempting to sign in as a user that exist in LDAP.
EPSS: 0.017 (75.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Liferay Digital_experience_platform — versions 7.0, 7.1, 7.2
- Liferay Liferay_portal
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-38266?
- CVE-2021-38266 is a high-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-03-02.
- How severe is CVE-2021-38266?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2021-38266 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.