CVE-2021-29047: The SimpleCaptcha implementation in Liferay Portal 7.3.4, 7.3.5 and Liferay DXP 7.3 before fix pack 1 does not invalidate CAPTCHA answers after it is used…

PriorityP341high7.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCNIHAN

EPSS

1.06%

60.7th percentile

The SimpleCaptcha implementation in Liferay Portal 7.3.4, 7.3.5 and Liferay DXP 7.3 before fix pack 1 does not invalidate CAPTCHA answers after it is used, which allows remote attackers to repeatedly perform actions protected by a CAPTCHA challenge by reusing the same CAPTCHA answer.

Affected

4 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
liferay	dxp	< 7.3	7.3
liferay	dxp	—	—
liferay	liferay_portal	—	—
liferay	liferay_portal	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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