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Advisory details: github_osv / GHSA-g9mr-9xfc-4gf7
Advisory ID github_osv/GHSA-g9mr-9xfc-4gf7
Aliases CVE-2023-33949
Summary Insecure Default Initialization In Liferay Portal 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.
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-1188 Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/05/GHSA-g9mr-9xfc-4gf7/GHSA-g9mr-9xfc-4gf7.json
generic_textual MODERATE
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
CVE-2023-33949 https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2023-33949
CVE-2023-33949 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-33949
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:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/05/GHSA-g9mr-9xfc-4gf7/GHSA-g9mr-9xfc-4gf7.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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none

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low

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-10-22T15:48:38Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2023/33xxx/CVE-2023-33949.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2023-33949

View SSVC decision tree 
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 {'Automatable': 'yes'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]