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CVE-2023-33949

MEDIUM
Published 2023-05-24T16:01:55.501Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
5.3
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2023.03.01
0.001
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.1% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-01-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.456
Higher than 45.6% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE

Description

In Liferay Portal 7.3.0 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.2 and earlier the default configuration does not require users to verify their email address, which allows remote attackers to create accounts using fake email addresses or email addresses which they don't control. The portal property `company.security.strangers.verify` should be set to true.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Liferay

Portal

Affected Versions:

0
Liferay

DXP

Affected Versions:

0

GitHub Security Advisories

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Insecure Default Initialization In Liferay Portal

GHSA-g9mr-9xfc-4gf7

Advisory Details

In Liferay Portal 7.3.0 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.2 and earlier the default configuration does not require users to verify their email address, which allows remote attackers to create accounts using fake email addresses or email addresses which they don't control. The portal property `company.security.strangers.verify` should be set to true.

Affected Packages

Maven com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom
ECOSYSTEM: ≥7.0.0 <7.3.1

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-33949
PACKAGE https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
WEB https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2023-33949

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 24, 2023, Modified: May 24, 2023

References

https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2023-33949
Published: 2023-05-24T16:01:55.501Z
Last Modified: 2024-10-22T15:51:31.464Z
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