CVE-2023-33949 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2023-33949

In Liferay Portal 7.3.0 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.2...

Vulnerability Description

In Liferay Portal 7.3.0 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.2 and earlier the default configuration does not require users to verify their email address, which allows remote attackers to create accounts using fake email addresses or email addresses which they don't control. The portal property `company.security.strangers.verify` should be set to true.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Portal, DXP
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: May 24th, 2023
Last Modified: October 22nd, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-1188

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.