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High severity · published Mar 2, 2022
CVE-2021-38266
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…
7.5
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 78% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DE
Digital Experience Platform · Liferay
7.0; 7.0; 7.0; 7.0; 7.0; 7.0; +34 more · source: NVD
LP
Liferay Portal · Liferay
through 7.2.1 · source: NVD
Affected product
DE
Digital Experience Platform
Liferay
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38266
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-38266
Issue Tracking
https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17191
Vendor Advisory
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2021-38266
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