# Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Does Not Obfuscate Password Reminder Answers

Advisory record · `GHSA-mwhf-6mjm-6w3h`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-mwhf-6mjm-6w3h` · `CVE-2021-29038`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 6.3 Medium
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-640](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/640.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-640](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-640.md)
- **Published:** 21 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 29 Jul 2025
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 21 Feb 2024, 00:31 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `com.liferay.portal:portal-impl` (Maven): affected `<5.18.4`; fixed in `5.18.4`
- `com.liferay:com.liferay.users.admin.web` (Maven): affected `<5.0.33`; fixed in `5.0.33`
- `com.liferay:com.liferay.login.web` (Maven): affected `<5.0.18`; fixed in `5.0.18`
- `com.liferay.commerce:com.liferay.commerce.account.web` (Maven): affected `<3.0.7`; fixed in `3.0.7`
- `com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom` (Maven): affected `<7.2.10.fp17 || >=7.3.0, <7.3.10.fp1`; fixed in `7.2.10.fp17`, `7.3.10.fp1`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 6.3 Medium, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`, from GitHub Advisory Database

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0028, the 21st percentile, on 7 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 31 Oct 2026, 15:10 UTC: First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:10 UTC: [Confirmed by OSV](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-mwhf-6mjm-6w3h)

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-mwhf-6mjm-6w3h](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mwhf-6mjm-6w3h)
- [OSV: GHSA-mwhf-6mjm-6w3h](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-mwhf-6mjm-6w3h)
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29038>
- <https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/5e2da784aeefce64107abd0411590db2b55faf0b>
- <https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal>
- <https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2021-29038>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-mwhf-6mjm-6w3h>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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