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CVE-2021-38266

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 2, 2022 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: July 9, 2026 at 01:17 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorLiferay PortalDigital Experience Platform

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Digital Experience Platform· Liferay
95%
7.07.0 fix_pack_17.0 fix_pack_107.0 fix_pack_117.0 fix_pack_127.0 fix_pack_137.0 fix_pack_147.0 fix_pack_157.0 fix_pack_167.0 fix_pack_177.0 fix_pack_187.0 fix_pack_197.0 fix_pack_27.0 fix_pack_207.0 fix_pack_217.0 fix_pack_227.0 fix_pack_237.0 fix_pack_247.0 fix_pack_257.0 fix_pack_267.0 fix_pack_277.0 fix_pack_287.0 fix_pack_297.0 fix_pack_37.0 fix_pack_307.0 fix_pack_317.0 fix_pack_327.0 fix_pack_337.0 fix_pack_347.0 fix_pack_357.0 fix_pack_367.0 fix_pack_377.0 fix_pack_387.0 fix_pack_397.0 fix_pack_47.0 fix_pack_407.0 fix_pack_417.0 fix_pack_427.0 fix_pack_437.0 fix_pack_447.0 fix_pack_457.0 fix_pack_467.0 fix_pack_477.0 fix_pack_487.0 fix_pack_497.0 fix_pack_57.0 fix_pack_507.0 fix_pack_517.0 fix_pack_527.0 fix_pack_537.0 fix_pack_547.0 fix_pack_557.0 fix_pack_567.0 fix_pack_577.0 fix_pack_587.0 fix_pack_597.0 fix_pack_67.0 fix_pack_607.0 fix_pack_617.0 fix_pack_627.0 fix_pack_637.0 fix_pack_647.0 fix_pack_657.0 fix_pack_667.0 fix_pack_677.0 fix_pack_687.0 fix_pack_697.0 fix_pack_77.0 fix_pack_707.0 fix_pack_717.0 fix_pack_727.0 fix_pack_737.0 fix_pack_747.0 fix_pack_757.0 fix_pack_767.0 fix_pack_777.0 fix_pack_787.0 fix_pack_797.0 fix_pack_87.0 fix_pack_807.0 fix_pack_817.0 fix_pack_827.0 fix_pack_837.0 fix_pack_847.0 fix_pack_857.0 fix_pack_867.0 fix_pack_877.0 fix_pack_887.0 fix_pack_897.0 fix_pack_97.17.1 fix_pack_17.1 fix_pack_107.1 fix_pack_117.1 fix_pack_127.1 fix_pack_137.1 fix_pack_147.1 fix_pack_157.1 fix_pack_167.1 fix_pack_27.1 fix_pack_37.1 fix_pack_47.1 fix_pack_57.1 fix_pack_67.1 fix_pack_77.1 fix_pack_87.1 fix_pack_97.27.2 fix_pack_17.2 fix_pack_27.2 fix_pack_37.2 fix_pack_4
Liferay Portal· Liferay
95%
v ≤ 7.2.1

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (3)

Source: [email protected]
http://liferay.com
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17191
Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2021-38266

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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