Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to theft of hashed password
The Account Settings page in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.76 through 7.4.3.99, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3 before patch 5, and 7.4 update 76 through 92 embeds the user’s hashed password in the page’s HTML source, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to steal a user's hashed password.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom | >= 2023.Q3, < 2023.Q3.5, >= 7.4.0, <= 7.4.13.u92 | 2023.Q3.5 |
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom | >= 7.4.3.76, < 7.4.3.100 | 7.4.3.100 |
References
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-201- Platform
- Java / Kotlin (Maven)
- Package
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom, com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom- Disclosed
- 20.02.2024
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 12:21
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-xq4r-4xfh-vch8 - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom
All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.
- Total entries
- 125
- First → latest
- 02.2022 09.2025
- Without a fix
- 8
- Exploited in attacks
- 0
Severity breakdown
- Critical 24
- High 19
- Medium 82
Disclosures per year
- 2022: 65
- 2023: 11
- 2024: 39
- 2025: 10
- 2026: 0
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