CVE-2021-29038

mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.003 · 21 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.28% (21st) EPSS

CVSS 6.3 · medium

Is it mine?

22 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.16.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondaryexploitability 2.8 · impact 3.4

v3.16.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · OSV

v3.15.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-640USCWE-640US

affected products (22)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Liferay Liferay DXP < 7.2 fix pack 11all versionscert_bundDE
Liferay Liferay DXP < 7.2 fix pack 13all versionscert_bundDE
Liferay Liferay DXP < 7.2 fix pack 5all versionscert_bundDE
Liferay Liferay DXP < 7.3 fix pack 2all versionscert_bundDE
Liferay Liferay Portal < 7.3.1all versionscert_bundDE
Liferay DXP< 7.2 fix pack 11cert_bundDE
Liferay DXP< 7.2 fix pack 13cert_bundDE
Liferay DXP< 7.2 fix pack 5cert_bundDE
Liferay DXP< 7.3 fix pack 2cert_bundDE
Liferay Portal< 7.3.1cert_bundDE
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
liferay digital experience platform< 7.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
liferay digital experience platform= 7.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
liferay digital experience platform= 7.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
liferay liferay portal≤ 7.2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
liferay liferay portal7.3.0 → 7.3.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Maven com.liferay.commerce:com.liferay.commerce.account.web< 3.0.7osvUSpkg:maven/com.liferay.commerce/com.liferay.commerce.account.web
Maven com.liferay.portal:portal-impl< 5.18.4osvUSpkg:maven/com.liferay.portal/portal-impl
Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom< 7.2.10.fp17osvUSpkg:maven/com.liferay.portal/release.dxp.bom
Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom7.3.0 → 7.3.10.fp1osvUSpkg:maven/com.liferay.portal/release.dxp.bom

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2024-0323Liferay Liferay Portal und DXP: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-02-07csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Liferay Liferay Portal und Liferay Liferay DXP ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen, Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS)-Angriffe durchzuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen oder Dateien zu manipulieren.
GHSA-mwhf-6mjm-6w3hLiferay Portal and Liferay DXP Does Not Obfuscate Password Reminder Answers2024-02-21ghsa · osvUS
In Liferay Impl before 5.18.4, Liferay Users Admin Web before 5.0.33, Liferay Login Web before 5.0.18, and Liferay Commerce Account Web before 3.0.7 from 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.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2024-02-20modified 2026-06-17

references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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