CVE-2021-38266

mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.017 · 78 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.74% (78th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

13 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The Portal Security module in Liferay Portal 7.2.1 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 90, 7.1 before fix pack 17 and 7.2 before fix pack 5 does not correctly import users from LDAP, which allows remote attackers to prevent a legitimate user from authenticating by attempting to sign in as a user that exist in LDAP.

cvss

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

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-287USLLM-inferred

affected products (13)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
liferay digital experience platform= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
liferay digital experience platform= 7.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
liferay digital experience platform= 7.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
liferay liferay portal≤ 7.2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami liferay= 7.0-fix.0osvUSpkg:bitnami/liferay
Bitnami liferay= 7.0.0osvUSpkg:bitnami/liferay
Bitnami liferay= 7.1-fix.0osvUSpkg:bitnami/liferay
Bitnami liferay= 7.1.0osvUSpkg:bitnami/liferay
Bitnami liferay= 7.2-fix.0osvUSpkg:bitnami/liferay
Bitnami liferay= 7.2.0osvUSpkg:bitnami/liferay
Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom< 7.3.0-ga1osvUSpkg:maven/com.liferay.portal/release.dxp.bom
Maven com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.security.ldap.impl< 2.0.19osvUSpkg:maven/com.liferay/com.liferay.portal.security.ldap.impl

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-jp3m-vh3g-6ggpLiferay Portal and Liferay DXP fails to properly import users from LDAP2022-03-04ghsa · osvUS
Security LDAP Implementation before 2.0.16 from Liferay Portal through v7.2.1 and Liferay DXP through v7.2 does not correctly import users from LDAP, allowing remote attackers to prevent a legitimate user from authenticating by attempting to sign in as a user that exists in LDAP.
BIT-liferay-2021-382662024-01-31vendor · osvUS
The Portal Security module in Liferay Portal 7.2.1 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 90, 7.1 before fix pack 17 and 7.2 before fix pack 5 does not correctly import users from LDAP, which allows remote attackers to prevent a legitimate user from authenticating by attempting to sign in as a user that exist in LDAP.

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd osv nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-03-02modified 2026-07-09

references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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