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CVE-2021-29047

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-29047 describes a vulnerability in Liferay Portal 7.3.4, 7.3.5, and Liferay DXP 7.3 (before fix pack 1) where the SimpleCaptcha implementation fails to invalidate CAPTCHA answers after use. This allows remote attackers to bypass CAPTCHA challenges repeatedly by reusing a single correct answer. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to high integrity impact, as it enables unauthorized actions. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:dxp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:dxp:7.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:7.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
60.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0106 is in the 38th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bomFixed in: 7.3.6
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomFixed in: 7.3.10.fp1

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-9mxg-p873-6793high

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Fails to Invalidate CAPTCHA Answers After Use

May 24, 2022

References

portal.liferay.dev / learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120743467
Vendor Advisory