CVE-2021-29040

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-29040
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-05-16 16:15:07 UTC
Updated2026-07-09 01:16:50 UTC
DescriptionThe JSON web services in Liferay Portal 7.3.4 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 97, 7.1 before fix pack 20 and 7.2 before fix pack 10 may provide overly verbose error messages, which allows remote attackers to use the contents of error messages to help launch another, more focused attacks via crafted inputs.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.3 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.010720000 probability, percentile 0.609510000 (date 2026-07-12)

Problem Types: CWE-209 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform All All All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 - All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_13 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_14 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_24 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_25 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_26 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_27 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_28 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_3 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_30 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_33 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_35 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_36 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_39 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_40 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_41 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_42 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_43 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_44 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_45 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_46 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_47 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_48 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_49 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_50 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_51 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_52 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_53 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_54 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_56 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_57 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_58 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_59 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_60 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_61 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_64 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_65 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_66 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_67 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_68 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_69 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_70 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_71 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_72 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_73 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_75 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_76 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_78 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_79 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_80 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_81 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_82 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_83 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_84 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_85 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_86 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_87 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_88 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_89 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_90 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_91 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_92 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_93 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_94 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_95 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_96 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 - All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_1 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_10 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_11 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_12 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_13 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_14 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_15 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_16 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_17 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_18 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_19 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_2 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_3 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_4 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_5 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_6 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_7 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_8 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_9 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.2 - All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.2 fix_pack_1 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.2 fix_pack_2 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.2 fix_pack_3 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.2 fix_pack_4 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.2 fix_pack_5 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.2 fix_pack_6 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.2 fix_pack_7 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.2 fix_pack_8 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.2 fix_pack_9 All All
Application Liferay Liferay Portal All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2021-29040 Overly verbose JSON web services errors af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 portal.liferay.dev Vendor Advisory
Digital Experience Software Tailored to Your Needs | Liferay MITRE liferay.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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