NVD

CVE-2021-38266 Detail

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 7.5 HIGH

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

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://liferay.com	Vendor Advisory
https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17191	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2021-38266	Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo	Insufficient Information	NIST

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Change History

3 change records found show changes

Modified Analysis by NIST 5/13/2022 12:02:51 PM

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Added

CPE Configuration

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OR
     *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
     *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:7.0:fix_pack_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
     *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:7.0:fix_pack_10:*:*:*:*:*:*
     *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:7.0:fix_pack_11:*:*:*:*:*:*
     *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:7.0:fix_pack_12:*:*:*:*:*:*
     *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:7.0:fix_pack_13:*:*:*:*:*:*
     *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digi

Changed

CPE Configuration

OR
     *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 7.2
     *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* versions up to (including) 7.2.1

OR
     *cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* versions up to (including) 7.2.1

Changed

Reference Type

https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17191 No Types Assigned

https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17191 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory

Initial Analysis by NIST 3/09/2022 4:37:57 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform::::::::* versions up to (including) 7.2 cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:::::community::: versions up to (including) 7.2.1
Added	CVSS V2		NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Added	CVSS V3.1		NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Added	CWE		NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
Changed	Reference Type	http://liferay.com No Types Assigned	http://liferay.com Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2021-38266 No Types Assigned	https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2021-38266 Vendor Advisory

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-38266
NVD Published Date:
03/02/2022
NVD Last Modified:
05/13/2022
Source:
MITRE

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