CVE-2021-29038 Password reminder answers are not obfuscated

Description

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP does not obfuscate password reminder answers, which allows attackers to use man-in-the-middle or shoulder surfing attacks to steal user's password reminder answers.

Severity

5.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Version(s)

  • Liferay Portal 7.3.0 through 7.3.5
  • Liferay Portal 7.2.0 and 7.2.1
  • Liferay Portal, older unsupported versions
  • Liferay DXP 7.3 GA
  • Liferay DXP 7.2 before fix pack 17
  • Liferay DXP, older unsupported versions

Fixed Version(s)

Acknowledgments

This issue was reported by Duracell80

Publication date: Mon, 05 Feb 2024 12:38:00 +0000

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