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Advisory details: github_osv / GHSA-87x7-pwrx-jch7
Advisory ID github_osv/GHSA-87x7-pwrx-jch7
Aliases CVE-2021-29040
Summary Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Reveals Data via Overly Verbose Error Messages The JSON web services in Liferay Portal 7.3.4 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 97, 7.1 before fix pack 20 and 7.2 before fix pack 10 may provide overly verbose error messages, which allows remote attackers to use the contents of error messages to help launch another, more focused attacks via crafted inputs.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 4.8
Risk 2.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-209 Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-87x7-pwrx-jch7/GHSA-87x7-pwrx-jch7.json
generic_textual MODERATE
Reference id Reference type URL
http://liferay.com
https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120743429
https://web.archive.org/web/20220828222656/https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120743429
CVE-2021-29040 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29040
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-87x7-pwrx-jch7/GHSA-87x7-pwrx-jch7.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

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There are no SSVC decisions available.