High

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP insecure default configuration

  • Disclosed: 24.05.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:21

Insecure default configuration in portal services implementation before 5.11.0 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.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl < 5.11.0 5.11.0
Java / Kotlin (Maven) com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom < 7.3.3 7.3.3

References

CVSS score 7.5/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-640
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl, com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom
Disclosed
24.05.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 12:21

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-jfch-m2x3-2v66 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (159) in the archive
Total entries
159
First → latest
05.2021 10.2025
Without a fix
33
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 18
  • High 25
  • Medium 115
  • Low 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2021: 1
  2. 2022: 57
  3. 2023: 18
  4. 2024: 40
  5. 2025: 43
  6. 2026: 0
Severity:
  1. Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP insecure default configuration this entry
    High · 7.5 CVE-2021-33321 < 7.3.3 7.3.3
  2. High CVE-2025-62260 >= 7.4.0-ga1, < 7.4.3.100 7.4.3.100
  3. High CVE-2025-62258 >= 7.4.0-ga1, < 7.4.3.108 7.4.3.108
  4. High CVE-2025-43748 >= 7.0.0-a1, < 7.4.3.120-ga120 7.4.3.120-ga120
  5. Critical · 9.0 CVE-2024-38002 >= 7.3.2-ga3, < 7.4.3.112-ga112 7.4.3.112-ga112
  6. Critical · 9.6 CVE-2024-8980 >= 7.0.0-a1, < 7.4.3.102-GA102 7.4.3.102-GA102
  7. Critical · 9.0 CVE-2023-47795 >= 7.4.3.18, < 7.4.3.102 7.4.3.102
  8. Critical · 9.0 CVE-2024-26266 < 7.4.3.14 7.4.3.14
  9. Critical · 9.0 CVE-2023-40191 >= 7.4.3.44, < 7.4.3.98 7.4.3.98
  10. Critical · 9.6 CVE-2023-42496 >= 7.3.3, < 7.4.3.98 7.4.3.98
  11. Critical · 9.6 CVE-2024-25147 <= 7.4.1 no fix
  12. Critical · 9.0 CVE-2024-25610 < 7.4.3.13 7.4.3.13
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