GHSA-6c88-gvxw-f5hg

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    GHSA-6c88-gvxw-f5hg

    Published: 24 May 2022Last Modified: 14 May 2025

    Summary: Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Stores User Passwords in Cleartext

    Details: The Portal Workflow module in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 93, 7.1 before fix pack 19, and 7.2 before fix pack 7, user's clear text passwords are stored in the database if workflow is enabled for user creation, which allows attackers with access to the database to obtain a user's password.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33325, https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal, https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17042, https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120748389

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom

    Purl: pkg:maven/com.liferay.portal/release.portal.bom

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 7.3.0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    7.3.0
    7.3.0-1
    7.3.1
    7.3.1-1
    7.3.2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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