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FKIE_CVE-2021-33321

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-08-03 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:54

Severity

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Summary

Insecure default configuration in Liferay Portal 6.2.3 through 7.3.2, and Liferay DXP before 7.3, allows remote attackers to enumerate user email address via the forgot password functionality. The portal.property login.secure.forgot.password should be defaulted to true.

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	https://help.liferay.com/hc/en-us/articles/360050785632	Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120748055	Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://help.liferay.com/hc/en-us/articles/360050785632	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120748055	Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	liferay	dxp	*
	liferay	liferay_portal	*

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CVE-2021-33321 (GCVE-0-2021-33321)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-03 18:12 – Updated: 2024-08-03 23:50

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2350 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-v…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://help.liferay.com/hc/en-us/articles/360050785632	x_refsource_MISC

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