CVE-2021-29047 (GCVE-0-2021-29047)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-05-16 15:29 – Updated: 2026-07-09 00:13
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The SimpleCaptcha implementation in Liferay Portal 7.3.4, 7.3.5 and Liferay DXP 7.3 before fix pack 1 does not invalidate CAPTCHA answers after it is used, which allows remote attackers to repeatedly perform actions protected by a CAPTCHA challenge by reusing the same CAPTCHA answer.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
1 reference
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