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Medium · 5.3 CVE-2023-33949 BIT-liferay-2023-33949EUVD-2023-1543GHSA-g9mr-9xfc-4gf7

Insecure Default Initialization In Liferay Portal

Published May 24, 2023 · Updated Oct 22, 2024 · Assigned by Liferay

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Liferay Portal ≤ 7.3.0 —
Liferay DXP < 7.3.10 7.3.10

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom >= 7.0.0, < 7.3.1 7.3.1 GHSA-g9mr-9xfc-4gf7

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