CVE-2021-29041: Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Denial-of-service (DoS) in the Multi-Factor Authentication Module

May 24, 2022 (updated May 14, 2025)

Denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in the Multi-Factor Authentication module in Liferay DXP 7.3 before fix pack 1 allows remote authenticated attackers to prevent any user from authenticating by (1) enabling Time-based One-time password (TOTP) on behalf of the other user or (2) modifying the other user’s TOTP shared secret.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-82j7-2h3j-hc7f
github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17131
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29041

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