VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-38266

CVSS score7.5 HIGH

EPSS probability1.74%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2022-03-02

Last modified2026-07-09

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

The Portal Security module in Liferay Portal 7.2.1 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 90, 7.1 before fix pack 17 and 7.2 before fix pack 5 does not correctly import users from LDAP, which allows remote attackers to prevent a legitimate user from authenticating by attempting to sign in as a user that exist in LDAP.

Weakness classification

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Primary references

cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory