Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP May Reveal S3 Store's Proxy Password

published 2021-05-17 5 y ago modified 2026-07-09 4 mo ago also GHSA-xx2h-2hf5-v7vv , EUVD-2021-15689

cvss: 5.9; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits: 0; none known

The Portal Store module in Liferay Portal 7.0.0 through 7.3.5, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 97, 7.1 before fix pack 21, 7.2 before fix pack 10 and 7.3 before fix pack 1 does not obfuscate the S3 store's proxy password, which allows attackers to steal the proxy password via man-in-the-middle attacks or shoulder surfing.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

maven com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom 7.3.6
maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom 7.0.10.fp97, 7.1.10.fp21, 7.2.10.fp10, 7.3.10.fp1

Exploit prediction

0.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	5.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub	3.1	5.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom	>=7.0.0, <7.3.6	7.3.6
maven	com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom	<7.0.10.fp97 >=7.1.0, <7.1.10.fp21 >=7.2.0, <7.2.10.fp10 >=7.3.0, <7.3.10.fp1	7.0.10.fp97 7.1.10.fp21 7.2.10.fp10 7.3.10.fp1

Classification

Weakness

CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary