CVE-2021-33321
HIGH7.5EPSS 0.31%Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP insecure default configuration
Published: 5/24/2022Modified: 6/27/2025
Description
Insecure default configuration in portal services implementation before 5.11.0 in Liferay Portal 6.2.3 through 7.3.2, and Liferay DXP before 7.3, allows remote attackers to enumerate user email address via the forgot password functionality. The portal.property login.secure.forgot.password should be defaulted to true.
Affected packages (2)
- Maven/com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.implfrom 0, < 5.11.0
- Maven/com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bomfrom 0, < 7.3.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
References (6)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33321
- PATCHhttps://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
- WEBhttps://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/06df28c5ad618afed967fa485418e6cc29c70f38
- WEBhttps://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/37de1d78d9b1c4a473e3233a6ea146c741075e18
- WEBhttps://help.liferay.com/hc/en-us/articles/360050785632
- WEBhttps://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120748055