VDB-175244 · CVE-2021-29040 · GCVE-0-2021-29040

Liferay Portal/DXP JSON Web Services information exposure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Liferay Portal and DXP. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component JSON Web Services. Such manipulation leads to information exposure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2021-29040. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Liferay Portal and DXP (version now known) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component JSON Web Services. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information exposure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-209. The product generates an error message that includes sensitive information about its environment, users, or associated data. Impacted is confidentiality.

The weakness was shared 05/16/2021. The advisory is shared for download at portal.liferay.dev. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-29040. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

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Productinfo

Type

Enterprise Resource Planning Software

Vendor

Liferay

Name

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information exposure
CWE: CWE-209 / CWE-200 / CWE-284
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Timelineinfo

03/22/2021 🔍
05/16/2021 +54 days 🔍
05/16/2021 +0 days 🔍
05/14/2025 +1458 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: portal.liferay.dev
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-29040 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-29040
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-175244

Entryinfo

Created: 05/16/2021 20:48
Updated: 05/14/2025 01:06
Changes: 05/16/2021 20:48 (36), 05/20/2021 03:46 (5), 05/14/2025 01:06 (34)
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