CVE-2021-38266 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5