🛡️ CVE-2021-29041 — release.dxp.bom

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-284 OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Denial-of-service (DoS) in the Multi-Factor Authentication Module

Denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in the Multi-Factor Authentication module in Liferay DXP 7.3 before fix pack 1 allows remote authenticated attackers to prevent any user from authenticating by (1) enabling Time-based One-time password (TOTP) on behalf of the other user or (2) modifying the other user's TOTP shared secret.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2021-29041 is classified as CWE-284: Improper Access Control. The software does not restrict an action to the actors that should be allowed to perform it.

Affected software

CVE-2021-29041 is recorded against 1 package.

  • com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (fixed in 7.3.10.fp1)

Timeline and source

Published on 24 May 2022 and last revised on 14 May 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Package)
issues.liferay.com (Web)
liferay.com (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE CWE-284
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-24
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2025-05-14
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom — 7.3.10.fp1

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