What is CVE-2023-33949?

CVE-2023-33949 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, classified under Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-05-24.

How severe is CVE-2023-33949?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

RCE in Liferay Digital Experience Platform

CVE-2023-33949

In Liferay Portal 7.3.0 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.2 and earlier the default configuration does not require users to verify their email address, which allows remote attackers to create accounts using fake email addresses or email addresses which they don't control. The portal property `company.security.strangers.verify` should be set to true.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-1188 — Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default

References

security@liferay.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-33949?: CVE-2023-33949 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, classified under Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-05-24.
How severe is CVE-2023-33949?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.