CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-29047

Improper Authentication

Published: May 16, 2021 | Modified: May 24, 2021
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Dxp Liferay * 7.3 (excluding)
Dxp Liferay 7.3 (including) 7.3 (including)
Liferay_portal Liferay 7.3.4 (including) 7.3.4 (including)
Liferay_portal Liferay 7.3.5 (including) 7.3.5 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References