CVE-2025-62261 (GCVE-0-2025-62261)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-27 21:11
Modified
2025-10-28 14:27
Severity ?
6.9 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-312 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
Summary
Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.99, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.4, 7.4 GA through update 92, 7.3 GA through update 34, and older unsupported versions stores password reset tokens in plain text, which allows attackers with access to the database to obtain the token, reset a user’s password and take over the user’s account.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Liferay Portal Version: 7.4.0
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   Liferay DXP Version: 7.3.10
Version: 7.4.13
Version: 2023.Q3.1
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