Medium severity · published May 16, 2021
CVE-2021-29041
Denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in the Multi-Factor Authentication module in Liferay DXP 7.3 before fix pack 1 allows remote authenticated attackers to prevent any user from…
6.5
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in the Multi-Factor Authentication module in Liferay DXP 7.3 before fix pack 1 allows remote authenticated attackers to prevent any user from authenticating by (1) enabling Time-based One-time password (TOTP) on behalf of the other user or (2) modifying the other user's TOTP shared secret.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 66% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DX
Dxp · Liferay
before 7.3; 7.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29041
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-29041
Issue Tracking
https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17131
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