CVE-2021-29038: Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Does Not Obfuscate Password Reminder Answers

CVE-2021-29038 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2024-02-21

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Does Not Obfuscate Password Reminder Answers

Technologies: com.liferay:com.liferay.login.web (Maven), com.liferay:com.liferay.users.admin.web (Maven), com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven). Vendors: Maven.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2021-29038 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2021-29038 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2021-29038?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 21 February 2024.
Which products and versions are affected?
com.liferay:com.liferay.login.web (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=5.0.18; com.liferay:com.liferay.users.admin.web (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=5.0.33; com.liferay.commerce:com.liferay.commerce.account.web (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=3.0.7; com.liferay.portal:portal-impl (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=5.18.4; and 1 more.
Is there a fix for CVE-2021-29038?
Yes. com.liferay:com.liferay.login.web (Maven): upgrade to 5.0.18 or later; com.liferay:com.liferay.users.admin.web (Maven): upgrade to 5.0.33 or later; com.liferay.commerce:com.liferay.commerce.account.web (Maven): upgrade to 3.0.7 or later; com.liferay.portal:portal-impl (Maven): upgrade to 5.18.4 or later; com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven): upgrade to 7.2.10.fp17 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2021-29038?
Check whether you run com.liferay:com.liferay.login.web (Maven), com.liferay:com.liferay.users.admin.web (Maven), com.liferay.commerce:com.liferay.commerce.account.web (Maven) or one of the others listed at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • com.liferay:com.liferay.login.web (Maven): upgrade to 5.0.18 or later
    # set com.liferay:com.liferay.login.web to 5.0.18 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  • com.liferay:com.liferay.users.admin.web (Maven): upgrade to 5.0.33 or later
    # set com.liferay:com.liferay.users.admin.web to 5.0.33 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  • com.liferay.commerce:com.liferay.commerce.account.web (Maven): upgrade to 3.0.7 or later
    # set com.liferay.commerce:com.liferay.commerce.account.web to 3.0.7 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  • com.liferay.portal:portal-impl (Maven): upgrade to 5.18.4 or later
    # set com.liferay.portal:portal-impl to 5.18.4 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  • com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven): upgrade to 7.2.10.fp17 or later
    # set com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom to 7.2.10.fp17 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Affected products

  • com.liferay:com.liferay.login.web (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=5.0.18
  • com.liferay:com.liferay.users.admin.web (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=5.0.33
  • com.liferay.commerce:com.liferay.commerce.account.web (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=3.0.7
  • com.liferay.portal:portal-impl (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=5.18.4
  • com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=7.2.10.fp17

Identifiers

  • CVE-2021-29038
  • GHSA-mwhf-6mjm-6w3h

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