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TI-2021-12795 Aliases CVE-2021-33321GHSA-jfch-m2x3-2v66

Insecure default configuration in Liferay Portal 6.2.3 through 7.3.2, and Liferay DXP…

Priority LOW 36CWE-640Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-640.

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01434 73rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (Maven): 5.11.0com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven): 7.3.3

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (Maven)before 5.11.05.11.0Patch availableGHSA-jfch-m2x3-2v66
—com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven)before 7.3.37.3.3Patch availableGHSA-jfch-m2x3-2v66
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 5.11.0 Fixed in 5.11.0 Patch available GHSA-jfch-m2x3-2v66
  • com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 7.3.3 Fixed in 7.3.3 Patch available GHSA-jfch-m2x3-2v66

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:dxp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 7.3VulnerableLiferay
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.2.3 to before 7.3.3VulnerableLiferay
  • cpe:2.3:a:liferay:dxp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 7.3 Vulnerable ·Liferay
  • cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.2.3 to before 7.3.3 Vulnerable ·Liferay

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-jfch-m2x3-2v66 com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (Maven) Fixed in 5.11.0 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-jfch-m2x3-2v66 com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven) Fixed in 7.3.3 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-33321
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jfch-m2x3-2v66

References

Advisory 3

Other 3

  • TI-2022-18349 A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Blog module - add new topic… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
  • TI-2022-18348 A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Document and Media module - file upload… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
  • TI-2022-20404 A SQL injection vulnerability in the Friendly Url module in Liferay Portal 7.3.7, and… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-20402 A SQL injection vulnerability in the Fragment module in Liferay Portal 7.3.3 through… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-20403 A SQL injection vulnerability in the Layout module in Liferay Portal 7.1.3 through… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-16596 Cross-site scripting in Liferay Portal CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
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