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Liferay Portal 7.0.0 <= 7.0.6 / 7.1.0 <= 7.1.3 / 7.2.0 <= 7.2.1 / 7.3.0 < 7.3.1 Insufficient Verification

high Nessus Plugin ID 176409

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Synopsis

An application running on a remote web server host is affected by an insufficient verification vulnerability.

Description

In Liferay Portal 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.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Liferay Portal 7.3.1 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?96852cb3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 176409

File Name: liferay_7_3_1_cve-2023-33949.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 5/26/2023

Updated: 5/14/2025

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-33949

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:liferay:liferay_portal

Required KB Items: installed_sw/liferay_portal

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-33949

IAVA: 2023-A-0267-S