What is GHSA-9mxg-p873-6793?

GHSA-9mxg-p873-6793 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Fails to Invalidate CAPTCHA Answers After Use

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-9mxg-p873-6793 cover?

GHSA-9mxg-p873-6793 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2021-29047. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-9mxg-p873-6793?

GHSA-9mxg-p873-6793 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-9mxg-p873-6793?

GHSA-9mxg-p873-6793 affects 2 products, including: maven/com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom:\u003e= 7.3.4, \u003c 7.3.6; maven/com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom:\u003c 7.3.10.fp1.

GHSA-9mxg-p873-6793HighCVSS 7.5

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Fails to Invalidate CAPTCHA Answers After Use

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

May 24, 2022

Last Modified

May 14, 2025

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2021-29047 →

📋 Description

The SimpleCaptcha implementation in Liferay Portal 7.3.4, 7.3.5 and Liferay DXP 7.3 before fix pack 1 does not invalidate CAPTCHA answers after it is used, which allows remote attackers to repeatedly perform actions protected by a CAPTCHA challenge by reusing the same CAPTCHA answer.

🎯 Affected products2

maven/com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom:>= 7.3.4, < 7.3.6
maven/com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom:< 7.3.10.fp1

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29047
http://liferay.com
https://web.archive.org/web/20210524180455/https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120743467
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9mxg-p873-6793