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GHSA-xcj6-xpjg-c4xr CVE-2025-62261

Liferay Portal Stores Password Reset Tokens in Plain Text

Medium Maven
Severity
0.0 / 10
Medium · CVSS 4.0
Exploit chance (EPSS)
0.29%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 21.78% of scored vulnerabilities.
Known exploited
No
Not in CISA's catalog
Weakness
CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
Fix
Available
2 packages have a fixed version

Description

Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.99, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.4, 7.4 GA through update 92, 7.3 GA through update 34, and older unsupported versions stores password reset tokens in plain text, which allows attackers with access to the database to obtain the token, reset a user’s password and take over the user’s account.

Affected versions

Maven

PackageVulnerableFixed in
com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl
< 92.0.2
92.0.2
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom
>= 7.4.0-ga1, < 7.4.3.100
7.4.3.100

How to fix

Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.

com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl Maven → 92.0.2

maven
<dependency><groupId>com.liferay.portal</groupId><artifactId>com.liferay.portal.impl</artifactId><version>92.0.2</version></dependency>
gradle
implementation("com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl:92.0.2")

com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven → 7.4.3.100

maven
<dependency><groupId>com.liferay.portal</groupId><artifactId>release.portal.bom</artifactId><version>7.4.3.100</version></dependency>
gradle
implementation("com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom:7.4.3.100")

Severity breakdown

CVSS 4.0 0.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality (vulnerable system)
High
Integrity (vulnerable system)
None
Availability (vulnerable system)
None
Confidentiality (subsequent systems)
None
Integrity (subsequent systems)
None
Availability (subsequent systems)
None

CVSS 3.1 6.5

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

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Weakness

CWE-312: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere.

How to prevent it
  • Implementation, System Configuration, Operation: When storing data in the cloud (e.g., S3 buckets, Azure blobs, Google Cloud Storage, etc.), use the provider's controls to encrypt the data at rest. [REF-1297] [REF-1299] [REF-1301]
  • Implementation, System Configuration, Operation: In some systems/environments such as cloud, the use of "double encryption" (at both the software and hardware layer) might be required, and the developer might be solely responsible for both layers, instead of shared responsibility with the administrator of the broader system/environment.

References

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. Last updated by the source
  3. Latest EPSS score
AdvisorySeverityWhy it's related
GHSA-6533-fhr2-f38h
Liferay Portal and DXP use an incorrect cache-control header
Medium Also affects com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl
GHSA-2j97-4jmq-c4xf
Liferay Portal Vulnerable to Reflected XSS via the selectedLanguageId Parameter
Medium Also affects com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom
GHSA-56jv-4ww3-65mw
Liferay Portal is vulnerable to XSS in the Blogs widget
Medium Also affects com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom
GHSA-f5vh-4rj2-w8r8
Liferay Portal is vulnerable to DNS rebinding attacks
Medium Also affects com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom
GHSA-8hw3-ghwv-crfh
Liferay Portal vulnerable to password enumeration
Medium Also affects com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom
GHSA-gv7w-jh8g-vr73
Liferay Portal Does Not Limit Access to APIs Before Email Verification
Medium Also affects com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom
GHSA-gh4w-8qgq-8w9r
Liferay Portal Vulnerable to CSRF in Headless APIs
Medium Also affects com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom
GHSA-vgqx-447m-wvcj
Liferay Portal Vulnerable to DoS via Crafted Headless API Request
High Also affects com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom
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