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Medium, CVSS 4.9

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Stores User Passwords in Cleartext

CVE-2021-33325GHSA-6c88-gvxw-f5hg

What to do

Partial vendor fix. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check back for a fix.

This page has no inventory attached, so it cannot say whether you are affected. A vendor fix is not proof that your deployment is fixed.

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Affected packages

  • Maven com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom

    Affected
    >= 7.3.0, <= 7.3.2
    Fixed in
    no fixed version recorded

  • Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom

    Affected
    < 7.0.10.fp93>= 7.1.0, < 7.1.10.fp19>= 7.2.0, < 7.2.10.fp7
    Fixed in
    7.1.10.fp19, 7.0.10.fp93, 7.2.10.fp7

Sources

Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS
4.9 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
  • CVE-2021-33325: 0.57% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 47.13 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.
Source description

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

The Portal Workflow module in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 93, 7.1 before fix pack 19, and 7.2 before fix pack 7, user's clear text passwords are stored in the database if workflow is enabled for user creation, which allows attackers with access to the database to obtain a user's password.

Dates and revisions
Published by the source
Last modified by the source
Source last checked
  1. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from ghsa record GHSA-6c88-gvxw-f5hg

Agent brief

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2021-33325

Advisory: Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Stores User Passwords in Cleartext
IDs: CVE-2021-33325, GHSA-6c88-gvxw-f5hg
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2021-33325 (revision 1, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 16:36 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 4.9)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Partial vendor fix; fixed versions by package: com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom 7.2.10.fp7, 7.1.10.fp19, 7.0.10.fp93. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- Maven com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom: affected >= 7.3.0, <= 7.3.2
- Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom: affected < 7.0.10.fp93; >= 7.1.0, < 7.1.10.fp19; >= 7.2.0, < 7.2.10.fp7; fixed in 7.1.10.fp19, 7.0.10.fp93, 7.2.10.fp7

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- Maven com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom: check the installed version with your package manager.
- Maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom: check the installed version with your package manager.

## Supported action
No complete vendor fix is recorded. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check this record again before closing anything.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom, com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6c88-gvxw-f5hg (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-6c88-gvxw-f5hg lists affected ranges: Maven com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom >=7.3.0 =0 =7.1.0 =7.2.0 <7.2.10.fp7)

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