CVE-2021-29038 (GCVE-0-2021-29038)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-20 00:00 – Updated: 2024-11-15 18:05
VLAI
Summary
Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.3.5, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before fix pack 1, 7.2 before fix pack 17, and older unsupported versions does not obfuscate password reminder answers on the page, which allows attackers to use man-in-the-middle or shoulder surfing attacks to steal user's password reminder answers.
Severity
6.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-02-22 16:45 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-640 - Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password
Assigner
References
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